Over the previous 12 months, we’ve seen quite a few PBS documentaries depart from Netflix however if you happen to’re questioning why we lastly know the reply. Listed here are all of the PBS docs which have left to this point, if there’s any left to go away and the place they’re now.
Netflix has all the time had a biking PBS library with updates sometimes coming in each June equivalent to the 2 massive ones in 2014 and 2016.
Nonetheless, over the previous 12 months, we’ve seen quite a few collections of PBS documentaries go away Netflix (though have been changed however on the entire, extra has left than arrived).
These embrace:
- Ken Burns library of titles eliminated in February 2020 – four sequence in complete (one other left later within the 12 months)
- BBC Earth / PBS documentary co-productions had been removed back in March 2020 – 14 titles in complete.
- NOVA Season 45 was removed in July 2020 however Netflix has failed to choose up season 46 – 20 titles in complete.
As we talked about above, not all PBS documentaries have departed.
Netflix does nonetheless home plenty of PBS documentaries together with most lately they picked up “School Behind Bars” by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. It additionally holds PBS’s American Expertise – Woodstock. Past these, PBS documentaries have all however vanished from Netflix.
Why are PBS documentaries leaving?
Effectively, it’s as a result of PBS is transferring into streaming, one thing nearly all of content material suppliers which have supplied Netflix with content material have begun doing.
We lastly bought information of the place these eliminated documentaries would find yourself due to the launch of PBS Documentaries Channel on Amazon Prime.
In a press launch to CCN, PBS describes the brand new channel as a “pure addition to our present streaming providing on Prime Video Channels,”. It launches with way more content material than what Netflix has streamed from PBS lately.
The brand new channel will set you again $3.99. When you’d want to not use Amazon, lots of the documentaries can be discovered on PBS’s Passport service.
This, sadly, is a well-known story with the proliferation of streaming service which provides you extra selection however means you’ll must fork over additional cash.
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