Netflix and Warner Bros. Television Group Sign a 0- Network Slate Deal for Hit Serialized Dramas From Warner Bros. Television

Netflix and Warner Bros. Television Group Sign a 201213 Network Slate Deal for Hit Serialized Dramas From Warner Bros. Television Netflix Will be the Exclusive Online Home of Complete Prior Seasons of Shows from 201213Season Including Revolution (NBC), The Following (Fox), Longmire (A&E), Political Animals (USA) and 666 Park Avenue (ABC)

Agreement Also Includes Hit Serialized Dramas Chuck, Fringe and The West Wing

Burbank and Beverly Hills, Calif. Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) and Warner Bros. Television Group today announced a licensing agreement allowing U.S. Netflix members to enjoy complete previous seasons of addictive serialized dramas produced by Warner Bros. for top broadcast and cable networks.

Among the shows coming to Netflix next year will be Revolution, a drama for NBC from J.J. Abrams Bad Robot Productions set in a postapocalyptic America which ranks as the #1 new series of the 2012-13 television season; Political Animals, the USA Network miniseries with Sigourney Weaver in a Golden Globe- and Screen Actors Guild Award-nominated role as a former First Lady serving as Secretary of State; Longmire, A&Es toprated Western mystery series based on the novels by bestselling author Craig Johnson; and 666 Park Avenue, the ABC supernatural thriller starring Terry OQuinn and Vanessa Williams.

Also coming to Netflix will be the highly anticipated drama The Following, starring Kevin Bacon as a former FBI agent on the trail of a serial killer played by James Purefoy and which premieres January 21 on FOX, as well as hit serialized Warner Bros. Television series Chuck, Fringe and The West Wing.

This unprecedented agreement brings to Netflix members earlier and more exclusively than ever before complete previous seasons of some of the most prominent and successful shows on network and cable television, said Ted Sarandos, Netflix Chief Content Officer. Through deals like this, Netflix is making the production economics right for the continued creation of the kind of compelling serialized dramas and thrillers that our members love.

SVOD has become an important window for our serialized dramas, allowing viewers a chance to discover a series that before might have been intimidating to tune into midrun, said Bruce Rosenblum, President, Warner Bros. Television Group. We continue to adapt our business models to include SVOD when it makes sense for the longterm value of each show and are thrilled to have Netflix as one of our distribution partners.

The agreement covers a current slate of eight Warner Bros. shows as well as potential future shows. Under the agreement, the shows can also be made available via traditional syndication windows, electronic sellthrough services and on a catchup basis for recently aired episodes.

About Netflix

Netflix is the worlds leading Internet television network with more than 30 million members in 40 countries enjoying more than one billion hours of TV shows and movies per month, including original series. For one low monthly price, Netflix members can watch as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, on nearly any Internetconnected screen. Members can play, pause and resume watching, all without commercials or commitments. Learn more about how Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is pioneering Internet television at www.netflix.com or follow Netflix on Facebook and Twitter.

About Warner Bros. Television Group

The Warner Bros. Television Group (WBTVG) oversees and grows the entire portfolio of Warner Bros. television businesses, including worldwide production, traditional and digital distribution, and broadcasting. WBTVG is rapidly developing new business models for the evolving television landscape, including subscriptionvideoondemand, broadband, wireless and home video exploitation of its vast library. WBTVG is the industrys top supplier of series, supplying an industryleading 25 series (including one coproduction) to the five broadcast networks for the 2012-13 season, with 23 from Warner Bros. Television, two from Warner Horizon Television and at least two series on each of the five broadcast networks. This marks the 21st time in the last 26 years that WBTVG has been the number one supplier of series to broadcasters, and the Studio is the only supplier to have at least one show on each of the five broadcast networks as well as a new series on each of the networks. The Group is also producing nearly a dozen scripted series for cable and pay television networks and nine alternative series for broadcast and cable, while Telepictures Productions is producing seven firstrun strips and Warner Bros. Animation has eight animated series. All in all, the Group delivers nearly 60 series to the marketplace.

Media Contacts:

Netflix

Nada Antoun

(408) 3481239

nantoun@netflix.com

Warner Bros. Television Group

Scott Rowe

(818) 9545806

scott.rowe@warnerbros.com

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