Why do TV series and films get removed from Netflix Streaming?

penguin_pam

Netflix Streaming offers access to tons of TV shows and movies. The TV shows and films they have available are constantly changing though. Netflix trumpets new content deals every few months that indicate what new stuff will be coming to Streaming. However, there's a steady flow of titles that cease being available on Streaming. Why is this? Why doesn't the library of titles that you can stream from Netflix just increase over time? Why do these...

Originally asked by user209 on Stack Exchange (movies) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

The offering of a show(s) (entire series or particular episodes) and movie(s) for streaming is governed by specific licensing deal ( distribution rights ) with the content providers, be it a channel (in case of series) or a production house/studio (in case of movies). Netflix enters into agreement with the content providers which have specific clauses about availability of a content through different mediums (Disc/Streaming), along with time period, for which the agreement stands valid. The content providers can enter into agreements of varying nature for different content - some content might be available for short period of time, after a certain cooling period (Netflix can offer a certain...

Full answer by Incognito: https://movies.stackexchange.com/a/9824 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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