Netflix loses A&E, History series

So, about those A&E series that you have had camping in your Netflix instant queue for ages...sorry.

Netflix confirmed earlier today that dozens of shows from A&E Networks and History disappeared from its streaming services, as the deals that Netflix had to stream the shows expired and, at this juncture, have not been renewed. At least 40 series have vanished with the expiration.

Some of the shows that are gone include Storage Wars, Pawn Stars, Hoarders, American Pickers, Dog the Bounty Hunter, Gene Simmons: Family Jewels and Intervention.

In total, about 800 hours of A&E and History are gone, with 300 hours remaining - at least until their deal expires in the middle of 2013.

"A number of titles expired today, that is true, but we have titles coming on and off all the time," Netflix spokesman Joris Evers said.

Varied reports are floating about the negotiations between the two sides. One report says they are still talking, but that the talks had broken off. Another report said that Netflix decided weeks ago to move on without the programing.

It is the largest removal from Netflix since Starz pulled Disney and Sony movies in February.

Netflix will also be dropping dozens of titles by National Geographic, including Border Wars, DogTown and Taboo.

Little by little, Netflix intends to lose all its customers.

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Network:
- History Channel
- A&E

Written by: Josh Raymond
Sep 21st, 2012, 11:20 am

Anonymous

Message Posted On Feb 11th, 2013, 5:29 pm

REALLY miss The Universe, such a great show

xtype

Message Posted On Sep 23rd, 2012, 6:07 am

The History channel had plenty of educational content, as did Sony and some (for younger audiences) on Disney. Actually, I think that is the sad part, not pawn truckers, especially sad if they drop NatGeo too. “Word World”, “Liberties Kids”, “The Universe”, all gone now. Along with many documentaries. If you browse the “kids” section now, it is all trash. Raising prices while dropping content does not make sense. I would pay more to have this content back which might force the move to huluplus and amazonprime.

Russellohh

Message Posted On Sep 22nd, 2012, 10:33 pm

Netflix doesn't intend to lose its customers; greedy networks demanding far more money are. I'm sure this will cut down on Netflix's user base by a small amount, but many of us just don't care. The shows are still available on DVD, via Netflix. As for the shows being taken off of instant, well lets see. I can leave my $9 a month Netflix subscription due to the lack of History Channel, and then... pay $119 for Comcast, and get the History Channel back. Or, I can just use Wikipedia and Britannica Online, to read all the history articles I want, and ignore a "History" Channel that brought us pawn wars, aliens building the pyramids, and old-men-drive-trucks-through-cold-places, or whatever that show's called.

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