CBC:
Turned, the tables have been.
After what seems like light-years of griping about the fact that Netflix users get more (and sometimes better) titles in the U.S., Canadians will soon have exclusive access to something our American friends might actually install a VPN for: Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
A representative from Netflix confirmed to CBC News on Sunday that Canada is its only territory in which streaming rights for the hotly-anticipated forthcoming Star Wars film has been secured.
“The reason Netflix will be able to offer the much-anticipated movie in Canada next year — and not in the U.S. or anywhere else — has to do with the timing of when Disney’s pay-TV distribution deals were up for grabs,” reports Variety, which broke the news Friday.
Once again, Americans will pretend to be Canadians.
“Blame Canada!”
Harper is gone. And we get Star Wars early. It truly is a magical time.
I just re-read the article carefully. It will only be streamed 8 months after the theatre run ends. As I recall, the theatre runs for the previous installments often went for many many months more than a usual release.