Viacom packs up its content from Netflix and moves it on over to Amazon

Looks like those wanting to do up Netflix – South Park marathons won’t have to wait that much longer. But, you will have to do it with a new streaming provider! Find out more after the jump!

 

So you may remember a couple weeks back when we reported on South Park being taken off of Netflix along with a slew of other titles from Viacom, Warner Bros, and others. Well, don’t you worry because Viacom (parent company of MTV and Comedy Central) have just signed a new streaming deal with Amazon that will see a whole bunch of titles being brought over to the popular streaming services. According to a recent press release:

Amazon and Viacom announced an expanded multi-year, multi-national digital video licensing agreement to bring hundreds of TV shows and thousands of TV episodes from Viacom to Prime Instant Video. This deal includes a collection of TV shows that customers won’t find on any other digital video subscription service. Prime members will now have unlimited instant streaming access to popular kids programming such as Bubble Guppies, The Backyardigans, Team Umizoomi, Blue’s Cluesand Victorious, along with top-rated shows from MTV and COMEDY CENTRAL like Awkward, Tosh.0 and Workaholics. Prime members will also have access to future episodes of Dora the Explorer, SpongeBob SquarePants, Fairly Odd Parents, Fresh Beat Band and more. LOVEFiLM customers in the UK and Germany will get some of the same great shows later this summer.

Select shows from Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. will be available in Kindle FreeTime Unlimited, a service built just for kids that gives them the freedom to explore all their favorite books, games, educational apps, movies and TV shows, while providing parents with the tools they need to manage their kids’ screen time.

“Kids’ shows are one of the most watched TV genres on Prime Instant Video,” said Bill Carr, VP of Digital Video and Music forAmazon. “And this expanded deal will now bring customers the largest subscription selection of Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. TV shows online, anywhere. With programs like Dora the Explorer, SpongeBob SquarePants, Bubble Guppies and The Backyardigans there are hundreds of great shows for kids and parents to choose from. In addition, we are bringing customers popular shows from MTV and COMEDY CENTRAL like Key & Peele, Workaholics, Awkward and Teen Mom 2, with the promise of more shows from these networks in the future.”

“We are thrilled to be extending and deepening our relationship with Amazon,” said Philippe Dauman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Viacom. “This innovative agreement will provide Prime members with access to even more of our best programming from our major television brands, including many digital video subscription streaming exclusives. Amazon has created a unique, brand-friendly environment for streaming entertainment and consumer products and we are excited to work with Amazon to bring customers shows they love.”

Now, granted the press release doesn’t specifically mention South Park but with all those other hours of content going into the Amazon vault the likelihood is there. That said, maybe after Amazon gets a glimpse of how much people love South Park they can pick up Supanatural?  

So do you guys like this switch to Amazon? Or would you rather everything go back to Netflix??? Tell us in the comments below!