Column: Is Netflix the next HBO?
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This is not just kid stuff: Shrek, the ogre hero of the “Shrek” movie franchise, will have his future adventures in A Land Far Far Away from cable television, namely on the Internet subscription service Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX).
And, thanks to the new deal announced Monday between Netflix and DreamWorks Animation (NASDAQ:DWA), Shrek will be joined by many new and old animated friends from the big and small screens.
That is, the agreement doesn’t just cover rights to current big-screen DreamWorks franchises like “Madagascar” and “Kung Fu Panda.”
Thanks to the animation company’s recent acquisition of the huge Classic Media Library, it also includes “Rocky & Bullwinkle,” “Casper the Friendly Ghost,” “Lassie,” “Mr. Magoo,” and “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”
Out East with Doug Geed: Wine harvests, a fish market, baked treats and poinsettias NewsdayTV's Doug Geed visits two wineries and a fish market, and then it's time for holiday cheer, with a visit to a bakery and poinsettia greenhouses.
Out East with Doug Geed: Wine harvests, a fish market, baked treats and poinsettias NewsdayTV's Doug Geed visits two wineries and a fish market, and then it's time for holiday cheer, with a visit to a bakery and poinsettia greenhouses.
