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Netflix, Disney Extend Licensing Agreement

By TechTaffy Desk

Netflix and Disney-ABC has entered into an extension of their previous existing licensing agreement. The extension allows Netflix to continue to stream library episodes from ABC Studios, Disney Channel and ABC Family over the Internet.  As part of the deal, Netflix is also adding new content to its lineup of Disney-ABC series and TV movies.

Episodes from new seasons of current Disney-ABC series will be made available to Netflix 30-days after the last episode of each season airs. Among the series and TV movies extended as part of the deal include prior season episodes of Grey’s Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, and Private Practice; and all episodes of Lost, Brothers & Sisters, and Ugly Betty, among others.

 

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