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Letterman Archive to Stream 6,000 Episodes on YouTube, Facebook

6/25/2026

Summary

Story summary

Worldwide Pants, NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution and Merzigo signed a multi-year deal to stream 6,000 Letterman episodes on YouTube and Facebook.
The archive includes 1982-2015 episodes, covering NBC (1982-1993) and CBS (1993-2015) runs.
Merzigo will remaster the footage in HD, add dubbing, enhanced thumbnails and metadata.
Walter Kim said the videos will be highest quality, and Dilip Bala said optimization will boost discoverability as the U.S. rollout precedes global expansion.

History

Historical Context

In January 2007 Netflix launched streaming video with about 1,000 titles, marking the first major shift toward online on-demand TV. That model showed how legacy libraries could generate revenue, and in 2024 Worldwide Pants, NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution and Merzigo signed a multi-year pact to stream 6,000 David Letterman episodes on YouTube and Facebook.

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Story summary

Worldwide Pants, NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution and Merzigo signed a multi-year deal to stream 6,000 Letterman episodes on YouTube and Facebook.
The archive includes 1982-2015 episodes, covering NBC (1982-1993) and CBS (1993-2015) runs.
Merzigo will remaster the footage in HD, add dubbing, enhanced thumbnails and metadata.
Walter Kim said the videos will be highest quality, and Dilip Bala said optimization will boost discoverability as the U.S. rollout precedes global expansion.

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