Get the first look at the digital newspaper, curated daily stories and breaking headlines delivered to your inbox. It’s not just that many films and TV shows, even unexpected ones such Bring it On, are not licensed for streaming or digital rental and purchase, currently or ever, it’s that streaming giants have very short memories. Reelgood released data this month of the “age” of streaming libraries in the US and the results are embarrassing. Credit: RKOIn Netflix’s American library, fewer than 10 per cent of its movies and TV shows are older than 2010. There is no commercial benefit to tech companies to invest in helping you discover older things if it knows you’ll just keep pressing play on the top 10 list of whatever they’ve already paid for.