Netflix pacts for 4 years of CW shows

CBS and Warner Bros. Television Thursday introduced a four-year certification deal with Netflix that enables their U.S. clients watch previous seasons of scripted series that air round the CW in the current schedule using the 2014-15 season. Incorporated within the output agreement, agreement Netflix has licensed the rights to stream greater than 700 several hours of previous-season cases of the CW's dramas additionally to future programs, the companies mentioned. Rights extend for four years after each series, current or future, finishes its broadcast work on the network. The CW content can also be provided via traditional distribution home home windows, electronic sell-through services and, around the partial-season basis, through authenticated cable companies. Programming includes the eight dramas round the CW's fall 2011 schedule, including new series ''Ringer,'' ''Hart of Dixie'' and ''The Secret Circle'' returning skeins ''The Vampire Journals,'' ''Gossip Girl,'' ''90210,'' ''Supernatural,'' ''Nikita'' and mid-season series, ''One Tree Hill.'' Previous seasons of ''The Vampire Journals,'' ''Gossip Girl,'' ''One Tree Hill'' and ''Nikita'' will probably be available to watch on October 15, with previous seasons of ''Supernatural'' and ''90210'' beginning within the month of the month of january 2012. Cases of all scripted series airing round the CW this broadcast season will premiere for Netflix people in Fall 2012. Furthermore, all cases of future scripted series turning up round the CW using the 2014-15 season will probably be available to stream from Netflix using a commensurate window. ''This can be a forward-thinking agreement for just about any network whose programming occupies a unique space inside the content marketplace,'' mentioned CBS chief Leslie Moonves. ''It can be a model that opens a completely new door for your CW programming to develop its audience achieve and creates a brandname-new window for CBS and Warner Bros. being taken proper care of the information we provide you with the network. Furthermore, it further helps guide you new distribution systems are delivering premium content companies with additive revenue streams while still safeguarding traditional income generating home home windows.'' ''This proves once again the overriding requirement for content inside our business, while showing how emerging platforms for instance Netflix are adding value for the traditional TV ecosystem,'' mentioned Craig Meyer, chairman and Boss, Warner Bros. ''And to start a completely new window similar to this for that television product fortifies the growing price of our effective, deep and growing portfolio.'' Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com