A group of more than 20 shows — including MySoCalledLife and Lost — are coming to the Amazon-owned IMDb TV platform, but there is a catch
The news arrives as streaming rights continue to be a rich growth area for media conglomerates like Disney. Streaming rights to mega-hits likehave sold for between $400 million to $500 million. Key to those deals is that they will be the exclusive, ad-free platform for both shows on a domestic basis.
As the traditional syndication market erodes in favor of streaming deals, conglomerates like Disney, Warner Media and NBCUniversal are finding additional revenue with a variety of pacts for in-demand library titles that are often used to help bolster an upstart service. A show likefor example, can score a rich exclusive domestic streaming deal on a subscription service like Peacock and then score a second streaming deal with an ad-supported platform such as IMDb TV.
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