Mr. Robot Seasons 1 and 2

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jol

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#242576 4-Nov-2018 13:17

Just went to watch some Mr. Robot, but it looks Season 1 and 2 having gone missing recently. Season 3 seems to be still available. Does this mean Lightbox have lost the New Zealand streaming rights for Mr. Robot to someone else? Any idea which streaming service? I don't mind paying to watch, but I don't know who to give my money to!

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#2119457 4-Nov-2018 13:51

It's more than likely the licensing agreement came to and end and Lightbox opted not to renew

Couldn't see what streaming service has it unfortunately

jol

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#2119562 4-Nov-2018 17:46

That's pretty frustrating if true. I kind of assume that these licensing deals work on a highest bidder kind of situation. So if Lightbox refused to renew at a certain cost, the rights-holders would have shopped it round. If no one wanted it, they would drop the price. I would assume this would all happen before the current contract lapses.

There's no point in the rights-holders having no one paying for the rights. That's a dumb negotiating tactic. It just pushes people towards piracy.

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#2119588 4-Nov-2018 18:37

Yep, I just checked Netflix and Amazon and not on any of them. (New Zealand Versions)

Lightbox seems to keep programs a lot less longer then others, which puts more pressure on it to watch, when comes out.

I was watching Warehouse 13 which haven't seen and it was pulled while watching it. I got through all of Eureka, before they pulled it. Think I just scraped in on that one. Netflix pulls stuff but a least it's there for more then a couple of months.

Vikings, Lightbox only has a couple of seasons, they get latest season before Netflix, but at least Netflix starts from season 1 for people not seen any and better quality, with DD5.1

Can do the old way legally in NZ,

Warehouse DVD

Blu-ray is over twice price DVD $15 vs over $30 season 1 Mr Robot.