Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer of Netflix
CBS Corporation and Netflix, Inc. announced a two-year, non-exclusive international licensing agreement that will enable certain television shows from across CBS Corporation to be streamed instantly to Netflix subscribers in Canada and Latin America.The agreement follows a separate domestic deal announced between the two companies in February. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Beginning in September, Netflix members in Canada will be able to enjoy both the current and complete back seasons for CW hit 90210, as well as past seasons of critically lauded fan favorites from Showtime such as Californication, Dexter, and The United States of Tara.Netflix announced in early July that it would be launching in 43 countries across Mexico, South America and the Caribbean later this year. Under this new deal with CBS, previous seasons of series, including 90210, Medium, Nurse Jackie, Californication and Dexter, will be available for Latin American members to watch instantly, as will a broad range of library titles, including the original Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Charmed, and Twin Peaks.”This new arrangementwhich does not compete with U.S. ratings or Showtime’s domestic subscriber baseunderscores the popularity of CBS content around the world, and illustrates yet another meaningful way for us to realize incremental value from our vast library of content,” said Armando Núñez, president, CBS Studios International. “We are delighted to be expanding our successful relationship with CBS to our newer markets in Canada and Latin America,” said Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer of Netflix.
