Netflix has announced today that they have expanded their licensing agreement with NBC Universal, making more NBC TV shows available through the “Watch Instantly” streaming catalog.
The deal will include more seasons of hit shows like “30 Rock,” “The Office,” “Friday Night Lights” and “Law & Order: SVU.”
“Saturday Night Live” episodes will be available the day after they air from now on.
Furthermore, the new deal adds episodes of “Battlestar Galactica,” “Destination Truth” and “Eureka.”
“This agreement adds meaningfully to the wide variety of content that can be streamed from Netflix and breaks new ground in our relationship with NBC Universal,” adds Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s chief content officer (via the WSJ).
Netflix continues to add movie and TV content on a regular basis, striking deals with Starz, Relativity Media, Fox and NBCU.
Result for: striking deals
Today at the Mobile World Congress, Skype, Ericsson and Nokia have announced that they will enter into a partnership that will place the Skype software on a few Nokia and Ericsson smartphones.
The first Nokia handsets to to have Skype integrated will be N-Series smartphones, and the upcoming N97 will be the first handset to have it when it launches in June.
According to Electronista, “the software for Nokia handsets will allow N97 owners to make and receive free Skype-to-Skype voice calls over Internet hotspots or their 3G data connections. They will havethe ability to make low-cost Skype calls to landlines and mobile devices. Users will also be able to see which of their Skype contacts are online and instantly message them.”
Owners of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 will be able to download the Skype software next month for free, added the company.
The VoIP company has been striking deals recently, bringing Skype integration to Android-based phones and noting that integration may hit the iPhone soon as well.
Result for: striking deals
The large Swedish-Finnish-based telecom operator TeliaSonera has announced that it has struck a deal with Apple to bring the popular iPhone to Northern European markets.
In its press release the company says “later this year” the carrier will begin selling the phone in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
When asked for more details, the carrier refused any more comment, and so there are no pricing models available as of yet.
Over the past month (see related news below), Apple has been striking deals with various carriers to bring the iPhone worldwide, hitting every continent minus Antarctica.
Orange has signed up to sell the phone in at least 12 markets in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Caribbean. Vodafone is set to sell the phone in 10 countries including markets in South Africa and Australia. other providers have also inked deals to sell the phone in Singapore, India, the Philippines. Notably however, deals have fallen apart in the giant markets of Japan and China, but many still feel there is a chance they can be signed by the end of 2008.
