The 24 deal is something that Amazon did last month when they got the exclusive rights to 24. Whether they were just fortunate that the previous rights deal expired around now, or whether they were able to use their financial muscle or not I don't know, but it was clearly related to the upcoming 24 mini series:
http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2014/04/amazon-takes-exclusive-us-streaming-rights-24-24-live-another-day/ Incidentally, this is only a US deal. Over here in the UK, 24 remains on Netflix, and the entire catalogue is also available via Sky's "On Demand" service (Fun fact: Should you ever find yourself in the UK and in need of streaming, Netflix will use geolocation and offer you the UK range of films and television rather than the US offering while you're here. And Netflix exclusives aside, they can be very different. A lot more localised television back catalogue is available, while to my mind, fewer recent cinema releases are). Adam On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 4:00 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > 24 is also still airing uncut and commercial-free on DirecTV. (And I > still have no interest in watching it.) > > > > ------- Original Message ------- > *From :* PGage[mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent :* 5/1/2014 8:51:15 PM > *To :* [email protected] > *Cc :* > *Subject :* RE: [TV orNotTV] Netflix in Bed with Cable? > > > I noticed a month ago or so that 24, which has been streaming on Netflix > for many years, rotated off. In it self not remarkable, one of the facts of > Netflix life is dealing with such things. But it was a bit odd, given that > the new 24 Miniseries is starting soon, and a big part of Netflix' business > model seems to be catch-up or refresher binge viewing in advance of a new > season. > > Then I noticed that all seasons of 24 are now available on Comcast - but > only for purchase (I guess they are allowing free viewing of the first > episodes of each season). Was this a coincidence? Did Netflix's 24 contract > happen to expire in March, and Comcast jumped on the opportunity to sell it > to customers whose interest might be peeked by the new show? Or, did > Netflix surrender its right to stream 24, in exchange for either cash or > consideration from Comcast and maybe other cablers? This suspicion is > stoked by another observation that House of Cards is now available for > viewing on some cable systems. > > 24 is still streaming for on Amazon Prime, so paying for it on cable is > not the only option. But I would be unhappy if Netflix was colluding with > cable to prevent its subscribers for streaming content included in the > Netflix monthly fee so that cablers can then charge for it separately. > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
