This is something we have rarely seen in the streaming wars era: a current original series from one major streamer getting a release on another major streamer. That’s what happened yesterday, Sept. 28, when all five seasons of Hulu ‘s sci-fi animated comedy Solar Opposites quietly became available on Netflix in the U.S., with an international rollout slated for later this year. (The series also remains on Hulu domestically and Disney+/Star internationally.)

It is the first Hulu original series — current or not — to be licensed to another streamer. The Disney platform has done it with three original movies to date: Prey on Roku and Tubi; Flamin’ Hot on Amazon, Roku and Tubi; and Vacation Friends on Amazon, Roku and Tubi.

This is believed to be a one-off agreement tailored to

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