Monday, February 27, 2012

Starz Play movies disappear from Netflix streaming this week

A little more than three years after arriving on Netflix's Watch Instantly streaming service, Starz is packing up its online package of movies and original TV shows and heading home at the end of this month. While the deal brought in high profile movies from Disney and Sony (not to mention shows like Spartacus and Boss), it's also caused problems with the availability of certain movies / features on the Xbox 360, a renegotiation of terms between Starz and Disney followed by the removal of Sony's flicks from the service last year. Finally Starz reportedly asked Netflix to change its pricing strategy to a tiered one, but the companies couldn't agree and renewal negotiations ended September 1st of last year. Netflix is trying to fill the gap with more deals directly with studios and offering its own original shows, while the selection of kid-friendly movies will be supplemented by a Dreamworks arrangement that kicks off in 2013.

That means subscribers have until midweek to enjoy Toy Story 3, Tangled or about 800 (mostly somewhat lesser-known) other movies that may be kicking around in their queues. While Netflix breaks out the Starz Play titles on its site, TVandMoviesNOW has put together a list of all of them, sortable by release date, rating, genre and other items including the 50 or so that are viewable on Amazon's Prime streaming service. We probably won't dive in too deeply since the movies lack HD res and surround sound, but if you haven't seen Party Down yet then this is the time.

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  1. ShaunFebruary 28, 2012 at 5:34 PM

    Do you think Netflix and Starz will sit around on March 1st all day listening to break up music? Crying their eyes out and going through 2 boxes of Kleenex before going on a chocolate binger? Would I miss Toy Story 3 and tangled? Not really, not my taste of movie to stream. I would be bummed if I couldn’t watch Tron Legacy or Mall Rats when I got the urge though. It is really just a bummer for subscribers who have enjoyed Starz for over 3 years. Now as long as I have worked for DISH I’ve seen this happen through the industry many times. It won’t spell the end of Netflix, but it will be a big speed bump for their subscribers to get over. Still I smiled a little more when I read this because I changed to the blockbuster @home service when Netflix raised it prices last year. I still have all my content from Starz, the streaming movies and the additional channels on my DISH receiver, and if I can’t find anything to watch there, I have the trusted DVD by mail service available to me.

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