Netflix buys U.S. video-on-demand rights for CBS drama 'Zoo'

The Netflix logo is is shown on an ipad in Encinitas, California, April 19,2013. REUTERS/Mike Blake

(Reuters) - Netflix Inc has acquired the exclusive U.S. video-on-demand rights for CBS Corp's drama "Zoo", set to release next summer. The full season will be available to Netflix members in the Unites States immediately after its broadcast on CBS Television Network, the companies said in a joint statement on Wednesday. (http://bit.ly/1xSXziS) "Zoo", based on the bestselling novel of the same name by James Patterson, is a thriller about a wave of violent animal attacks against humans. (Reporting by Abhirup Roy in Bangalore; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)