German deal for Netflix’s House of Cards

Sky Deutschland has secured the German rights to the second season of Netflix’s original drama series House of Cards and will show it exclusively on its Sky Go mobile TV and Sky Anytime on-demand services.

Sky will show the complete second season of 13 episodes from February 14 on Sky Go and a day later on Sky Anytime, parallel to the US launch on Netflix. Sky Go subscribers will be able to view the show on the web, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch and the Xbox 360, while Sky Anytime will make the show available via the Sky+ HD DVR on-demand.

Sky will also make the first season of House of Cards available on Sky Go and Sky Anytime.

From March 3 the new season will be available, dubbed in German on its Sky Atlantic HD channel, airing at 9pm each Monday.

Sony Pictures Television distributes House of Cards internationally.