Netflix said today that it has entered into a number of new licensing agreements with a range of leading content providers that will add hundreds of new titles to its catalog of movie and television titles.
The company says some of the new titles are available now and others will be made available over the next few weeks.
The following is sample of some of the new titles available in Canada.
The company says some of the new titles are available now and others will be made available over the next few weeks.
The following is sample of some of the new titles available in Canada.
- Seasons 1 and 2 of the television series “Weeds,” which follows a single mom (Mary-Louise Parker) as she progresses from a small town pot dealer to a big time player in the drug trade, from Maple Pictures; season 1 of Sony’s “The Big C,” which tells the story of a suburban mom, diagnosed with cancer, who tries to find humor in the disease; and season 1 of the Emmy-nominated television series “Undercover Boss,” which follows senior executives working undercover in their own firms to investigate the inner workings of the companies, distributed by New Video for All3Media International.
- Seasons 1 through 4 of the TV series “The Tudors,” starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers as King Henry the 8th; season 1 of the popular Canadian television show “Men with Brooms,” an offbeat comedy that follows a reunited curling team from a small Canadian town; and seasons 1 and 2 of “Republic of Doyle,” the Canadian comedy-drama that follows a father and son duo who partner as private investigators. Season 2 of “Republic of Doyle” will be available from Netflix the day after episodes air on the CBC in Canada. All of these shows are being licensed from the CBC.
- “Best of” episodes and the last two complete seasons of Global TV’s “Saturday Night Live,” and seasons 1 through 5 of the Canadian comedy show “The Kids in the Hall.”
- Seasons 1 and 2 of “Merlin,” which tells the story of the young wizard Merlin and the future king, Prince Arthur - available in the first half of 2011, and seasons 1 and 2 of “Pulling” the popular comedy that follows the lives of three single females living in London, all from FremantleMedia Enterprises.