Netflix ink AMC deal for 'Dead'

"The Walking Dead"Netflix is casting its eye towards premium series: the streaming/DVD-by-mail distrib has inked a multi-year certification agreement with AMC that will cover prior seasons of ''The Walking Dead'' with season one provided beginning Friday March. 7.Season two will probably be provided before the preem of season three, and so on.Netflix has attracted plenty of attention in recent days since it has attempted to alter consumer focus towards the streaming service, that's a more compact amount pricey to help keep.The business introduced a 60% cost hike on its most fundamental package within this summer time and introduced lately it might distribute its Digital video disks using a separate division referred to as Qwikster. Reply to the client cost increase remains negative, using the organization losing more clients than anticipated and lengthy lasting some critique inside the gap in quality between its thorough DVD library which is less-complete streaming options. Deals like that certain may help offset numerous that critique, but major content entrepreneurs like Cinemax continue being holdouts to date because the streaming services are worried. Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com