Netflix isn’t about to open its piggy bank to subsidize Canadian content production.
Movie rental company Netflix has signed a deal with Paramount Pictures that would give it access to over 350 titles in the studio’s library, including Iron Man 2, Titanic and Wayne’s World.
Could be our long winters: Despite U.S. data pointing to slight pay TV subscriber losses stateside, a Canadian study points to no cord-cutting so far by consumers north of the border.
Netflix Canada on the Xbox 360 console; an improved HD receiver with 3D capability from cable giant Shaw Communications – the battle to reach Canadians with video content wherever they are gathered pace Monday.
Indie distributor Mongrel Media is collapsing the release windows for select arthouse film imports to better reach Canadian cinephiles.
The trumpets are sounded. The battle is on. Netflix has launched a Canadian movie and TV series subscription service at $7.99 a month, in competition with Canuck broadcaster and cable websites lately ramping up their free on-demand content.