The Hollywood producers of these shows and films likely appreciate the extra cash they have earned from licensing shows to Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and similar services. HBO Max made a similar move when it yanked back Friends from Netflix. The Office was the most viewed show on Netflix in 2018, streamed for over 52 billion minutes, according to Nielsen.
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This merry-go-round arguably started in 2019 when NBC said it would no longer license The Office to Netflix, although Netflix kept the rights through 2020 - a move intended to bolster NBC’s Peacock streaming service.
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Not long after its March launch, Paramount+ reclaimed some of its movies, like Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol and the Paul Rudd comedy I Love You Man from other services.
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At the moment, the first three films are available for free on Peacock, but you will need a premium subscription for the last five. They then jumped back to HBO Max in June 2021 - but only for a single month. Want to watch a Harry Potter movie? Films in the series started on HBO Max in May 2020 before heading to Peacock in August. Why do some film and show titles keep switching platforms? (You can currently find the movies on Hulu and HBO Max.) Some of these services hosted the movies twice in that time according to Reelgood, a service that tracks videos across streaming services. Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, for instance, bounced around four different services between March 2020 and March 2021 - Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, and Peacock.
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That is complicating life for those who know what they want to watch, but just do not know where to locate it. As streaming services proliferate, it is becoming more of a challenge to track down your favorite TV shows and blockbuster movies when streaming services can change up their offerings every month.