Netflix to
Stream Disney-ABC TV Content
Netflix, a leading online movie rental service, today
(August 3) announced an agreement with Disney-ABC Television Group to
stream ABC’s popular TV series from Netflix. The agreement will add top
broadcast properties to its library of over 12,000 movies and TV
episodes. | Planned shows.
The deal will allow Netflix members to instantly watch
the first five seasons of the hit ABC franchise “Lost,” seasons four and
five of the pop culture phenomenon “Desperate Housewives,” season five
of the critically acclaimed “Grey’s Anatomy,” and seasons one and two of
the syndicated epic action-adventure fantasy series “Legend of the
Seeker” from ABC Studios.
Many of the episodes, including the first four seasons
of “Lost,” will be available from Netflix beginning August 1. The
remainder will be available in subsequent months, beginning in
September.
The agreement extends the online relationship between
Netflix and Disney-ABC Television Group, which announced their first
digital licensing deal last September. That agreement centered on
original series from Disney Channel, including the hits “Hannah
Montana,” “Wizards of Waverly Place,” “The Suite Life on Deck,” and
Disney Channel’s two newest original series, “JONAS” and “Sonny with a
Chance.”
That deal, which will continue, makes episodes available
day-after-broadcast.
The new agreement, which was brokered by Disney-ABC
Domestic Television, adds top broadcast properties to a growing library
of more than 12,000 movies and TV episodes that Netflix members can
watch on their computers and TVs at no additional monthly cost.
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