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Originally Posted by muppetman11
The tradional terrestrial and pay TV platforms will always get the content first purely because they have a far greater reach especially with the likes of US TV imports , look at shows like Revenge (E4) , Hostages (channel 4) there available to anyone with a TV licence which is far greater than Netflix's 2 million UK subscribers , even the shows picked up by the likes of Sky One , Fox etc have a far greater reach as they are available on the majority of UK pay TV platforms.
This is the reason why most of the content on the streaming services is generally older , the exception being there originally created content.
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I found this interesting:
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It’s also worth noting that given Netflix’s and LOVEFiLM’s desire to pursue more exclusive content for the UK, it’s only a matter of time before both start acquiring first run content out of the screenings (especially given that both had reps at last year’s screenings for the very first time).
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http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2014/01/2013...itions-report/ (last paragraph)
Netflix Netherlands seem to have recently acquired the rights to Nashville. Not only have they put season One up but are adding episodes of the current season, Two, the day after the episode airs in the US. I seem to recall the UK Netflix did the same thing with another US series.