by The Commentator on 1 May 2013 00:19

As of today, subscribers to the on-demand film and TV service Netflix will lose access to nearly 2000 titles as film studios collaborate on a new venture that locks the existing streaming service out.

Hundreds of titles drawn from the libraries of Warner Bros., MGM, and Universal will today become exclusive to Warner Archive Instant, the film service that officially launched earlier this month.

In what is being called "Streamageddon", users will lose access to 1794 films including the likes of Cruel Intentions and Big Daddy.

The loss is being played down on the basis that Netflix retains around 60,000 titles, however parallels are being drawn between this year's loss and last year's purge of nearly 1000 titles as Netflix failed to reach an agreement with the Starz network over movies such as Toy Story, Scarface, Teen Wolf and JFK.

The full list of expiring movies can be found here.