Why Line of Duty has disappeared from Netflix
It's official: Line of Duty is no longer available to watch on Netflix, either here in the UK or anywhere else in the world.
Kew Media Distribution (KMD), which had previously owned the licensing rights to Jed Mercurio's hit BBC thriller, had an agreement in place with the streaming giant.
But according to Deadline, that relationship has broken down.
KMD is part of the Kew Media Group, an organisation which recently fell into financial difficulty.
The company was unable to pay back a $100 million loan. As a result, it began selling off some of its assets at extremely low prices in an attempt to stabilise.
But by then it was too late and Kew was placed into administration.
Eight directors resigned and numerous employees lost their jobs, according to Deadline.
Netflix reportedly made an offer to keep hold of the license agreements that were already in place, but it wanted the "majority of its payment" to go to the producers of the titles and not the financial administrator, who had been tasked with stripping the company of its assets.
But that was rejected, leading to its removal from the platform.
According to its website, KMD owns more than 11,000 hours of TV and digital content, another of which is Leaving Neverland, which aired on HBO and Channel 4.
Amos Pictures, the production company behind the Michael Jackson documentary, had also scrapped its deal with KMD after the company "failed to pay them royalties", according to Deadline.
But there is an ongoing legal battle, with Kew still planning to sell the title to recoup funds.
If you live in the UK, the first five seasons of Line of Duty are all available to stream on BBC iPlayer.
For those further afield, there's BritBox, "the biggest streaming collection of British TV", which also has a free 30-day trial.
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