The Office and Seinfeld Are Coming to Netflix India in October

The Office (US) and Seinfeld are coming quickly to Netflix India, the latter coming very quickly, Gadgets 360 has learnt. It’s time for extra Dundies and sponges. All 9 seasons — 18 seasons and 381 episodes put collectively — of each beloved, award-winning sitcoms will probably be accessible. The 180 episodes of Seinfeld, throughout its nine-season run, will probably be unique to Netflix beginning Friday, October 1. Three weeks later, the 201 episodes of The Office’s 9 seasons will arrive Saturday, October 23 on Netflix in India. At the time of writing, Seinfeld is on SonyLIV, whereas The Office is with Amazon Prime Video.

Seinfeld‘s arrival on Netflix is a part of a world five-year deal the streaming service signed with the rights holder Sony Pictures Television in 2019. That means Seinfeld will not be accessible on SonyLIV after the top of September. But there isn’t any readability but on how Netflix’s India deal for The Office impacts its availability elsewhere. Will it’s unique to Netflix in India going ahead, or will it proceed to stream on Prime Video? Gadgets 360 has reached out to Netflix, Amazon, and NBCUniversal India to hunt remark alongside these strains. The rights to The Office (US) are owned by NBCUniversal Television.

Currently, Netflix has the rights to The Office in at the very least seven worldwide markets, together with Australia, Canada, Japan, Iceland, South Africa, Sweden, and the UK. But in India, The Office has been streaming on Prime Video ever since Amazon launched its subscription video platform within the nation. For a sure part of the viewers, this can be a large get for Netflix. Just as with Friends, The Office has a powerful loyal following around the globe. Friends steadily seems on Netflix’s each day “Top 10” in India, and it will likely be attention-grabbing to see how The Office performs.

The nostalgia round outdated consolation sitcoms has confirmed to be an enormous draw for streaming service subscribers — at the very least outdoors of India. So a lot in order that NBCUniversal’s fledgling platform Peacock paid $500 million (about Rs. 3,710 crores) to get all 9 seasons of The Office again from Netflix within the US. HBO Max equally forked over $425 million (about Rs. 3,153 crores) to take Friends away from Netflix within the US. Netflix paid over $500 million to seize worldwide streaming rights for Seinfeld. And Netflix is alleged to be paying between $70 and $80 million (about Rs. 519–593 crores) yearly to maintain Friends outdoors the US.

All 9 seasons of Seinfeld drop October 1 on Netflix in India. All 9 seasons of The Office (US) observe on October 23.