Why CBS brought Showtimes Billions to Stan. Showtimes slate of sophisticated adult premium comedies and dramas was the last piece of pristine beachfront property on the Australian television market, according to Armando Nuez, the American executive responsible for selling it. Exclusive rights to much of that slate were snapped up last Thursday by Stan, the video streaming service owned by Nine Entertainment Co and Fairfax Media, owner of The Australian Financial Review, in what it heralded as the most significant content licensing deal in recent Australian television history. CBS Global Distribution Group president and chief executive Armando Nuez. Photo Jeff. Katz. Photography. The deal brought the much hyped hit Wall Street show Billions and the widely anticipated return of 1. Twin Peaks to Stan, keeping them, and all other new Showtime shows, off larger rival platforms such as Netflix and Foxtel. Nuez whom CBS Corp CEO Leslie Moonves has described as pound for pound, one of the best executives in town  is president and CEO of the CBS Global Distribution Group, which sells the international rights to Showtime, CBS premium cable television network. He calls Australia an incredibly competitive but vibrant and sustainable market. The HBO content is already spoken for by Foxtel, obviously Netflix has retained the rights to the content that theyre producing themselves, so Showtime is obviously a very valuable commodity and I think Stan is going to do great with it, said the Hollywood veteran in an exclusive interview with Fairfax Media. For Nuez and CBS it was part of an aggressive global strategy to sell Showtimes portfolio which includes The Affair, Penny Dreadful, Ray Donovan and Dexter as one job lot in each country. Stan will have to wait for Showtimes commitments with other local platforms and broadcasters to expire before they transfer exclusively to Stan it can show the latest series of some of those shows. But all future Showtime series and hundreds of hours of programming will be added to the Australian streaming service. The deal also exclusively seals up the increasingly valuable second window SVOD rights for shows currently under license to Channel Ten for free to air broadcast shows such as Madam Secretary, Under The Dome, Limitless, Elementary and Scorpion. And, crucial to the deal from CBSs perspective, Stan has an exclusive licence to the Showtime brand and trademark. Major content companies such as HBO, Netflix and the BBC are all seeking to build their brands internationally in response to the digital revolution and the rise of premium television shows. Showtime had a rich heritage in Australia via the Showtime Movie Channels on Foxtel but lost that presence in 2. Showtime channels would be replaced with a new line up of Foxtel branded movie channels to be named Foxtel Movies. Watch Season 5 Online Breaking Bad here. Adding insult to injury, say industry observers, Foxtel then launched the similarly named Showcase Channel for its premium drama, and labelled it the home of HBO, Showtimes biggest competitor. A key aspect to all of Showtimes international deals is brand prominence. Brand awareness has been somewhat out of the market now for the last number of years with the rebranding of the old Showtime channels, admits Nuez, who is quick to stress that Foxtel has been and remains a great partner of ours. The rise of subscription video on demand SVOD services led by Netflix has opened not only a new market for Showtimes content but also an opportunity to take its brand global. We have this new window now that has been created in the last couple of years around the world and in Australia this brand Showtime and this content is perfect for the digital platforms that are now proliferating all over the world, he says. Nuez signed off the Stan deal a almost a year to the day after he signed the first such agreement, with Bell Media. The Canadian broadcaster gained a pipeline to high profile shows for its TMN property and a substantial library of past seasons to bolster its nascent online streaming service, Crave. TV. And just seven days earlier, on January 2. Nuez licensed the entire content library of Showtime to Rupert Murdochs Sky across a large swathe of Europe. Australia, as another English speaking market, had been on the radar for some time. Ive been dealing with Australia for many, many years. It has always had an incredible appetite for television and television programming, he says. Australia has always fought above its size from a population perspective in terms of the demand and competitiveness for television content. Analysts believe Netflix has at least five times as many Australian subscribers as Stan, which they say is itself ahead of Presto, owned by Foxtel and Seven West Media none of the SVOD players publish active subscriber numbers. Nine and Fairfax have pledged 5. Watch-Return-to-Montauk-2017-Full-Movie-Online-Free.jpg' alt='Showtime Full Road Of No Return Online Free' title='Showtime Full Road Of No Return Online Free' />Stan and both say the Showtime deal underlines their long term commitment, although some analysts are still unsure of Stans long term survival prospects. Nuez says he is reassured by that investment. Obviously Stan has the banking of two major Australian media companies of Fairfax and Nine, who are not insignificant players. Like all new media entrants theres a certain level of patience and tenacity and competitiveness thats going to be required, he admits. But he adds Theres no question that theres a consumer demand for content in a manner thats presented in an SVOD environment. So, I dont think we knew this as Oh this platform vs. I think theres room in the marketplace for a multitude of platforms, and at the end of the day its a very exciting to see this evolution of the media business. I dont think that this new extension into digital platforms is going to begin any different from various different evolutions of others whether its free TV, then paid TV then all the other evolutionary ways the consumers have adapted to viewing content. Roadies Cancelled After One Season at Showtime Variety. Showtime has cancelled Roadies after one season, Variety has learned. Hailing from super group Cameron Crowe, J. J. Abrams and Winnie Holzman, the dramedy that stars Luke Wilson and Carla Gugino revolves around the lives of the road crew for an arena rock touring band. Insiders close to the show tell Variety that though the series will not be returning for a second season, the experience of creating the show was amazingly positive for all parties invovled. Showtime Full Road Of No Return Online Free' title='Showtime Full Road Of No Return Online Free' />Crowe penned a blog today, thanking the Roadies team and viewers. He wrote Thanks to Showtime and J. J. Abrams for the opportunity to make the one and only season of Roadies. My mind is still spinning from the giddy highs of working with this epic cast and crew. Though we could tell a thousand more stories, this run ends with a complete ten hour tale of music and love. Despite the mega talent both on screen and behind the camera, Roadies struggled to find an audience and was met with mixed reviews. Varietys Maureen Ryan wrote that the show feels like a Spotify playlist in search of a reason to exist, in her initial review. The finale brought in just over 5. Nielsens Live 3 ratings. The 1. Aug. 2. 8. Roadies marked Crowes first ever TV series. The famed writerproducer, who worked for Rolling Stone early in his career, wrote Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Say Anything, Jerry Maguire and Almost Famous. At the premiere event for Roadies earlier this year, Abrams told Variety that the long gestating show which for the pilot, originally had Mad Mens Christina Hendricks cast in Guginos role was in the works for years between him and Crowe. We made a promise to each other that if I were to ever enjoy the benefits of working in TV, wed do it together, he said. Watch Beautiful Boy Hindi Full Movie'>Watch Beautiful Boy Hindi Full Movie. Crowe told Variety that working on Roadies was one of the best experiences of his career. 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