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Further evidence that Netflix is shaking off the shackles of a DVD rental business emerged Tuesday. Relativity Media, producers of such titles as “Get Him to the Greek” and “Robin Hood”, will allow Netflix to stream first-run theatrical films at the same time as HBO and Showtime. This agreement is good for Netflix as it reduces the expense of shipping a physical DVD to subscriber homes. But it’s also good for subscribers as they no longer must wait 2 days or more to receive the DVD. They can stream it immediately to the host of devices that run the Netflix client.
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