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Originally Posted by HotHotHeat
I want to point out a hilarious yet sad reality of TV in Canada.
So this new show 'Between' is being advertised by CityTV as a hot new show only available through them.
Here's the thing.. It's a Netflix original. SO this show, which is produced by a third party who then sells off broadcasting rights in each country, is a Netflix ONLY show in the US, and a CityTV show in Canada.
I guess one could blame Netflix Canada for not willing to put up the money City was, but this is the sort of thing Canadians hate.
Two more things:
Yes, I have US Netflix.
This show looks terrible, so at least we're not missing out on something good.
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It's a co-production between Rogers (City) and Netflix. Both are involved in funding its production:
http://www.thewrap.com/netflix-teams...drama-between/
That sort of deal happens all the time for Canadian productions. It's hard to finance a decent show with only Canadian funding, so they get other international partners. It's likely that Rogers was the first company involved and Netflix signed on later to get the international rights. It's really no different than a show like Orphan Black which is co-financed by Bell and BBC America. The only reason you noticed it this time was because one of the companies is a streaming service instead of a traditional broadcaster.
Netflix has done those sorts of deals on shows from other countries, like the Ricky Gervais series, Derek. There are also some shows that are the opposite, and air on a traditional broadcaster in the States but on Netflix in Canada (NBC's Hannibal is one).
We're likely going to see more of this sort of thing in the future.