At a time when many in Hollywood see Netflix as a threat, "said Showtime Networks will significantly change the license agreement it has in the Netflix streaming video service.

This summer, when the current trade between Showtime and ends on Netflix, Netflix in streaming the new agreement does not provide any right of every series in the first view, appear today on a premium cable service. The new business Netflix subscribers will lose access to shows such as "Californication and Dexter." (Showtime is owned by CBS, the parent company of CNET).

While past seasons of "Dexter" will be shot, Netflix will stream episodes of "The Tudors" and other series from Showtime, which has left the air, Showtime, he said.

CBS signed a similar deal with Netflix offers unique catalog titles date as "Family Ties" and "Star Trek", but is not present.

For months, media moguls and studio executives have tried to sign a threat to Netflix, TV and cinema. Two weeks ago, the trip to Hollywood to meet contacts in the studio, I was told that they would continue to provide Netflix content, but not values. In some cases, even the price of the second floor.

The message was that simply can not afford to discount store such as Netflix, the principle of offering television shows and movies until their contents had gone through the traditional supply chain and the largest value of the run-down. In other words, they want cable or pay-TV and regional broadcasters to get through the shows and movies than before.

A source of study that has not been so low in Netflix has forecast that pressure on the company could provide the big studios have learned to properly assess the price of their content for digital distribution. The source said the match against Netflix in Hollywood is a reflex response to a service that has grown by 60 percent last year and now has 20 million subscribers. But even this source said there was no way the studios are going to deliver the news and movies Netflix coup - not until you are back catalog.

The service has grown rapidly and that worries her studies. The film industry does not want people to get used to see popular shows on the basis of all-you-can-only is $ 8 per month - less than the price of one DVD.

At the same time, Netflix has upped the ante with the acquisition of rights to the original content. Last week, Los Gatos, Calif. company cut deal to get "House of Cards," a new series of actor Kevin Spacey and director David Fincher. The agreement differs from the typical license agreement with Netflix. Netflix is ​​generally purchased when content has already appeared on the TV or the theater.

The cost of the series is said between $ 50 million and $ 100 million is probably too expensive for Netflix to acquire shows many of the same caliber.

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