Netflix is looking more like the cable model it used to say was doomed

Netflix will show a TV network's live and on-demand programming.

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• Netflix is partnering with France's TF1 for live and on-demand streaming in a first-of-its-kind deal.
• The deal marks Netflix's shift toward a cable-like model with live sports and events.
• Industry watchers speculate that the model could be replicated elsewhere.

Netflix just made a groundbreaking deal to show a TV network's live and on-demand programming.