Stan chief executive, Mike Sneesby.
Streaming service Stan has signed a long-term exclusive licensing agreement with CBS to become the official Australian home of Showtime.
The deal will bring all future Showtime series and hundreds of hours of programming to the Australian streaming service.
It will also provide Stan with an exclusive license to the Showtime brand and trademark.
The agreement kicked off earlier this week with the premiere of Billions in Australia, following its series debut in the US.
In 2017, Stan will also exclusively premiere Twin Peaks.
Stan chief executive, Mike Sneesby, said the deal rounded out an amazing first year for Stan, "with more than 1.5 million Australians having used the service across almost 700,000 subscriptions since our launch on Australia Day 2015.
"Showtime is one of the world’s greatest creators of television programming, and we are delighted to enter this long-term partnership, cementing our position as Australia’s leading local SVOD service.”
For CBS, this marks the second expansive licensing agreement announced for Showtime outside the US in less than a week.
It is a continuation of a global expansion strategy to distribute the brand and content as a bundled offering to major international platforms.
Similar exclusive deals for Showtime have been announced with Sky in Europe and Bell Media in Canada.
CBS Global Distribution Group president and chief executive, Armando Nuñez, said the the growth of SVOD services internationally had created a huge demand for premium content globally.
"Showtime's prestigious brand and growing portfolio of programming align perfectly with this marketplace,” he said.
“We’re excited to expand the international footprint of Showtime in a big way in Australia with Stan, and build on our relationship with their corporate parents Nine Entertainment Co. and Fairfax Media.”
Over the course of the new agreement, hundreds of hours of programming will become exclusively available on Stan, including House of Lies, The Affair, Penny Dreadful, Ray Donovan, Dexter and Californication.
Current rights with other platforms will remain unchanged, with series migrating to Stan for SVOD as permitted when existing commitments expire.
The deal will also include exclusive SVOD rights to CBS and The CW series such as Madam Secretary, Limitless, Elementary, Scorpion, Under the Dome, Extant, Beauty and the Beast and Reign.
Every episode of every Star Trek television series will also be available on Stan.
After this week’s premiere of Billions, new episodes of the 12-part series will be available in Australia day-and-date with Showtime in the US.
Starring Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis, Billions is a drama set in the ego-driven world of New York high finance.
The show was created, written and executive produced by Brian Koppelman and David Levien (Ocean’s Thirteen, Rounders) and Andrew Ross Sorkin (Too Big to Fail).
When available, all Showtime and CBS titles in the agreement can be watched instantly in full HD on multiple platforms, including televisions, tablets, computers and smartphones.