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UPDATED: Netflix tries hard to scoop new shows from Canadian broadcasters at L.A. Screenings

TORONTO - Canadian broadcasters have returned from the Los Angeles Screenings, where they were wrong-footed by Netflix snatching must-have U.S. series from under their noses for the first time. "With Netflix in the mix, license fees went through the roof as it brought blank checks to the table and went in to buy world rights," one U.S. studio seller privately told Cartt.ca on the weekend. "Anybody selling anything just has to do one-stop shopping," they added.Another studio executive told Cartt.ca on condition of anonymity that post-broadcast rights fees (i.e. the ability to stream shows on the likes of CraveTV, shomi and...