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Rhimes's move to Netflix comes a week after Disney, the world's largest entertainment company, announced plans to launch its own streaming service and pull Disney and Pixar films from Netflix, starting with releases in 2019.
Rhimes is signing Shondaland to Netflix in a multi-year contract. Betsy Beers, Rhimes's producing partner at Shondaland, is also moving to Netflix.
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Netflix said Grey's Anatomy, Scandal and How to Get Away with Murder — ABC shows created under the Shondaland banner — will continue to air in the U.S. on ABC.
Netflix has been spending billions of dollars on content to win new subscribers in a quest to become the world's top movie and TV streaming service.
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