While Netflix's original programming has garnered the lion's share of attention lately, the company is steadily building up its arsenal of licensed content — and now Variety reports that the company has snatched pay-TV exclusivity for Weinstein Company films away from Showtime. As it currently stands, Weinstein Company films like Lee Daniels' The Butler hit theaters, then home video, and then move on to subscription television channels — HBO, Showtime, and the like. Showtime has had those rights to itself, but starting with Weinstein films released to theaters in 2016, they'll belong to Netflix instead.
The streaming media giant already has similar agreements in place for The Weinstein Company's assortment of documentaries and...
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