TORONTO – With just weeks until its November launch, shomi announced a new content deal with Warner Bros. International Distribution for new and library series, as well as select feature films.
The Rogers and Shaw-owned subscription video-on-demand service will become the exclusive streaming home to TV series including 2 Broke Girls, Two and a half Men, Shameless, Falling Skies, and the Canadian premiere home of the new Rob Thomas series iZombie (pictured).
The deal also includes film titles such as Blade Runner, Two Weeks Notice, Ocean’s Eleven, The Goonies, Unforgiven, Waiting for Guffman, the Lethal Weapon series, Mad Max movies, the Batman and Superman series and a collection of Stanley Kubrick classics including 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Eyes Wide Shut, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest and The Shining.
shomi also locked up second window access to children’s programming including animated series Baby Looney Tunes, original and new episodes of Scooby-Doo, and Tom and Jerry Tales.
“When we announced shomi in August, we made a commitment to deliver the best selection of television series and movie to Canadians,” said Marni Shulman, shomi’s head of content & programming, in the news release. “This deal with Warner Bros International Television delivers on that promise. And we’re just getting started.”
