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Netflix didn't actually "make" House of Cards despite that being the popular public perception. Netflix simply financed the production by buying the streaming r

Netflix didn't actually "make" House of Cards despite that being the popular public perception. Netflix simply financed the production by buying the streaming rights to all the countries Netflix operated in. TV rights internationally were sold to a patchwork of local TV stations in exchange for exclusivity. Now, Netflix is in those countries, it has to reacquire streaming rights after the exclusivity window has closed.

icebraining 11y ago
Even in the US, it seems they only bought the rights to do the first broadcast, since Comcast has bought the rights to do the re-runs: http://www.wired.com/2014/03/comcast-bites-netflix-snagging-big-show/ http://www.wired.com/2014/03/comcast-bites-netflix-snagging-...