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By Adam Benzine

Despite the success of award-winning TV drama co-productions such asAnne with an EandAlias Grace, the head of the CBC says the broadcaster will no longer work with Netflix Inc.

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“We’re not going to do deals that hurt the long-term viability of our domestic industry,” president and CEO Catherine Tait told theContent Canadapodcast last week.

“A number of countries have done deals, as we did, with Netflix … and over time we start to see that we’re feeding the growth of Netflix, or we’re feeding the growth of Amazon, rather than feeding our own domestic business and industry.”

Tait’s comments mark a notable change of policy from last December, when she saidshe “absolutely” saw such cost-saving co-productions as being the future for the CBC. And while no explicit reason was given for the U-turn, it comes as Netflix has significantly ramped up its activity in Canada.