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Terretta
on May 29, 2011
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Show HN: IMDb Top 250 available on Netflix Instant
It's not to save costs on licensing. It's because those titles are going in and out of licensing 'windows' and Netflix isn't allowed to offer them.
wahnfrieden
on May 29, 2011
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Isn't the length of those windows determined by what Netflix is willing to pay? Or do the content owners restrict it?
X-Istence
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Content owners restrict it, for example if a movie is about to be shown on television it will disappear from NetFlix's instant streaming service a week or two beforehand and re-appear a month or so afterwards.
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