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Netflix Is Now Available Around the World
- jakozaur 11y agoOh, yeah! I just wonder if movie selection is the same, or if in some countries there are more titles. Anyone got information on that? I pay for proxy service just to "pretend" to be in USA and than pay the Neflix regular price. I believe a lot of ppl will subscribe to Netflix once no additional tricks are required.
- morgante 11y agoThe selection is not the same. I just checked and a number of my favorite US TV shows are not available here in the UAE. Looks like I'll have to continue using a proxy.
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- c3o 11y agoThe territoriality of copyright (and movie industry business models) prevents them from offering the same selection for anything but their self-produced content: Rights need to be cleared separately for every country, and global licenses are pretty much unheard of today.
- _mikz 11y agoThe announcement https://media.netflix.com/en/press-releases/netflix-is-now-available-around-the-world https://media.netflix.com/en/press-releases/netflix-is-now-a... links to the full list of countries and territories where Netflix is now available https://help.netflix.com/en/node/14164 https://help.netflix.com/en/node/14164. But that is not 130 countries. India and Russia are not there for example.
- scriptdevil 11y agoIndia is there now.
- jakozaur 11y agoOh, yeah! I just wonder if movie selection is the same, or if in some countries there are more titles. Anyone got information on that?
- dikaiosune 11y ago"For one monthly price, members around the world will be able to enjoy Netflix original series including Marvel’s Daredevil and Marvel’s Jessica Jones, Narcos, Sense8, Grace and Frankie, and Marco Polo, as well as a catalog of licensed TV shows and movies. In 2016, the company plans to release 31 new and returning original series, two dozen original feature films and documentaries, a wide range of stand-up comedy specials and 30 original kids series -- available at the same time to members everywhere." This implies to me that their original content is globally available, while licensed content will still be regionally restricted (and I don't see a way they could do anything else). Unless I'm missing something in the announcement?
- curun1r 11y agoThe other interesting thing about your quote is what's notably absent. It makes you wonder whether they'll be holding back House of Cards and Orange is the New Black.
- dikaiosune 11y agoYou're right! It does say "including..." which may mean that they're coming but they don't think they're as worth advertising as the ones listed (although I would disagree). And it does seem they're being purposefully ambiguous about whether the entire original content catalog is going global.
- phantom784 11y agoThey probably can't show those globally because they've already licensed them in certain countries.
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- atonse 11y agoThis is awesome news. Now if only BBC's iPlayer would become global and allow us non-brits to pay for it (effectively subsidizing the TV license maybe?), that would be heaven.
- tracker1 11y agoHow much is the TV license in the UK? If it's reasonable I'd be tempted to pay it for iPlayer access. Honestly, I'd rather just torrent everything, but I do pay for Amazon, Netflix, Hulu and often cable access that I don't use (guilt is a powerful driver).
- smackfu 11y agoAround $18 per month, at current exchange rates.
- atonse 11y agoI'd happily pay even $25 a month for legal, good quality access to the BBC's programming.
- lucaspiller 11y agoA large chunk of that goes towards the broadcast infrastructure, so it could potentially be less for an Internet only version.
- hellomc 11y agoThe BBC is discouraged from producing its own content, so a lot of the content is made by third parties and the BBC doesn't have the rights to broadcast them outside the UK. That's why you get BBC branded channels in different countries because those channels have to compete to buy the rights. There's lots of other things too, like music rights, sports rights etc. Means the content has to be redone.
- matthewrudy 11y agoUntil recently I could watch it using my VPN from Hong Kong, but recently they've been blocking access from VPNs. I should set up my own VPN again, instead of using paid for services. Edit: I can't decide if that's a good or bad thing, given I've never paid for a UK TV licence, but for official purposes I still live at my parents' house, who do pay.
- e28eta 11y agoI think we'll get to see just how compelling the Netflix original catalog is when we see global customer numbers. My understanding is that Netflix doesn't have streaming rights for most of the content that isn't theirs internationally, and that was the biggest barrier before. My guess is that uptake will be slow, but the great thing is they just keep creating more content, so it'll be more compelling every year.
- DasIch 11y agoNetflix doesn't have the streaming rights for their own content in some countries because they have sold that to others in the past at least temporarily.
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- city41 11y agoThat map hasn't been updated.
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- jchendy 11y agoIt looks like that map just hasn't been updated since the press release. The press release says it's available in 190 countries.
- SamHealer 11y agoThat's clearly not been updated. Hastings explicitly mentioned Azerbaijan and Vietnam in the keynote, and there's clearly nowhere near the 130 countries they've just added.
- _mikz 11y agoThe linked full list of countries and territories where Netflix is now available https://help.netflix.com/en/node/14164 https://help.netflix.com/en/node/14164 does not show all the 130 countries.
- scott_hardy 11y agoGood catch! If anyone is wondering, the map shows 87 countries.
- tequila_shot 11y agoIt doesn't include India. Edit: For Indians http://mashable.com/2016/01/06/netflix-ces-keynote/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#R.74.ZJ_0iqI http://mashable.com/2016/01/06/netflix-ces-keynote/?utm_cid=...
- iokanuon 11y agoThe list below the map shows 83, weird.
- morgante 11y agoYes, that map is definitely inaccurate. It doesn't include the UAE, where I am and now has Netflix. From the announcement, it sounds like basically the whole map should now be red with a few exceptions.
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- benyami 11y agoWhere is Netflix available? https://help.netflix.com/en/node/14164 https://help.netflix.com/en/node/14164 (from the article)
- thom 11y agoThis is good news. Netflix is only remotely usable when you can hop between different territories after you've watched the three new titles that get added each couple of months.
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- grabcocque 11y agoThe sudden spike in babies caused by "...and chilling" is going to put a serious strain on the world's resources. :(
- vinothgopi 11y agoI'm a little confused. Map shows very few countries - no Singapore as mentioned in the article Also the article mentioned 190 countries at one point and 130 at other places. Moreover, Netflix claims it has 70M subscribers across 130 countries. How is that possible if they just launched it?
- dcchambers 11y agoThey have 70m existing customers. That country count is including the countries it has been in for years.
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- smackfu 11y ago60 old countries, 130 new countries, total 190 countries. The footer says 70M subscribers across 190 countries, and was probably updated today. In their last press release in November, that line said "Netflix is the world’s leading Internet television network with over 69 million members in over 60 countries..."
- netvarun 11y agoOT: but it works in India now - no more silly vpns needed. There goes my hidemyass subscription.
- pyvek 11y agoBut the library isn't as big in India as it is in the US so you might want to keep your VPN subscription after all.
- 11thEarlOfMar 11y agoHere is a chart of subscriber growth since 2012: http://www.statista.com/statistics/250934/quarterly-number-of-netflix-streaming-subscribers-worldwide/ http://www.statista.com/statistics/250934/quarterly-number-o... Does anyone have an idea of the total population of coverage added today? I'm wondering if the growth accelerates from here. Seems like it would, but then Netflix has likely already initiated service in the most lucrative markets.
- jypepin 11y agoyour link requires people to pay to see the chart.
- 11thEarlOfMar 11y agoThat's odd... It came up for me, no questions asked. And I don't pay for anything ;-)
- LoSboccacc 11y agoIn europe we just get netflix lite, with old and uninteresting stuff sparkled with some original content and random rares. I hope someday we'll get this netflix you all talk about.
- icebraining 11y agoYeah, I tried their free month here in Portugal, and the selection was abysmal. And at least for now, they license their "exclusive" shows to our cable networks anyway. To me it seems like they shot their own foot; now that I've wasted my free month on this, I'm not planning to pay in the future just to find out if their catalogue has improved.
- giarc 11y agoFree month is likely linked to email or credit card number. Either one you can easily get a new one (Prepaid VISA's might work for Netflix).
- intopieces 11y agoYou can view what is on Netflix without being a member, if that interests you: http://netflixportugal.netflixable.com/ http://netflixportugal.netflixable.com/
- petke 11y agoInteresting to compare, the total number of movies/shows/episodes on netflix for a few countries: USA: 7004 UK: 3589 Finland: 3380 (So high because they don't dub?) Sweden: 2542 (But Sweden does not dub either ...) Germany: 2415 (But Germany does) France: 2254 Spain: 1482 Italy: 1393 Portugal: 924 (Europe really seems to get netflix light)
- hobo_mark 11y agoI am in Europe, I am on netflix.com, I can't seem to find a way to check the local catalogue (without signing up), what am I doing wrong?
- neximo4 11y agoNot a single African country is listed. If was to be available worldwide the least that could be done is at least one country could be added from the entire continent.
- jedberg 11y agoThe map doesn't appear to be updated yet, but it's available in every African country.
- city41 11y agoThat was a blunder. Netflix is now in 190 out of the 196 countries in the world.
- smackfu 11y agoThey only call out four exclusions, China, Crimea, North Korea, and Syria. So it's probably not really 190, it's (# of countries in the world) - 4.
- okal 11y agoI've been using it from Kenya behind a VPN. It's now available, but the selection is pretty slim.
- Ianvdl 11y agoIt is definitely available in South Africa now. They just haven't updated the map.
- guytv 11y agoThis is a new definition of the term "around the world "
- sabelo 11y agoAs a South African, I hope the demand will force ISP's to lower data prices and improve speeds.
- rconti 11y agoAs an American, I can guarantee you, demand means nothing to monopoly ISPs. If you have competition you might have better luck -- but should have had better luck already.
- sabelo 11y agoI hope things will be different in our case. We always get everything last. Funny enough, South Africa has the best internet infrastructure compared to the other Southern African Countries. I have been to Zimbabwe and Botswana. The speeds are decent but it costs an arm and a leg to get a gig of data there. :/
- jedberg 11y agoTo everyone freaking out about the map not showing all the countries, it doesn't appear to be updated. If you read the press release it is available in every country in the world except Syria, Crimea, North Korea and China.
- smackfu 11y agoI'm surprised someone considers Crimea a country. I thought it was part of Ukraine, and now is part of Russia. Or if you dispute that, it is still a part of Ukraine.
- jedberg 11y agoYeah the way they worded it was awkward but equally awkward would be "and the area of Ukraine known as Crimea"
- runn1ng 11y agoWhat about Palestine? ...ok, I am kidding.
- r3bl 11y agoI don't think that they consider Crimea as a separate country. It's just an area where Netflix is not available because of the U.S. embargo.
- AJ007 11y agoFirst another country takes control over the place you live, then the US government bans everyone from letting you participate in global trade. I guess the same thing happened in Cuba.
- dfkf 11y agoAnd why would the US do such a thing? Denying poor crimeans who suffer under brutal Russian occupation these small pleasures of life...
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- sailfast 11y agoWhat is missing in a lot of these comments is acknowledging that Netflix may become the largest global "television" network in the world as adoption increases. They have original content lined up and control those rights, and they will continue to expand their reach with that content. Whether they add the "same" streaming content as they have purchased from other providers in the US is not the point here - the big impact is the expansion of their original content to such a massive global audience. Interesting to see this finally come to fruition now that they have enough content to justify a subscription on its own. It will also be interesting to see how other content providers (Amazon, but also CNN, HBO, and more conventional TV Providers) follow suit in the pursuit of eyeballs and expanding global markets. Netflix is based on subscription, but it would be interesting to know if there is a company or network of companies equipped to sell digital advertising localized, at global scale to support a "free" model often seen on US network applications.
- smackfu 11y agoEssentially NetFlix is paying their producer partners for worldwide rights, while conventional US networks only pay for US rights, and the producers sell the other country rights separately. But I'm not sure any of the partners in the conventional setup have a reason to change. US networks don't care about worldwide rights. Producers don't care who is paying them for the rights. Other country networks like having content to license.
- dasil003 11y agoHaving spent the last 8 years of my life building a streaming film company that has from day one streamed globally and dealt with this patchwork of rights issue, I can tell you one reason: Other than China and India, no other market is as big or insular as the US. In Europe people travel across borders and speak multiple languages all the time, and yet it's like pulling teeth to put together multiple regional subtitle rights for use in a country where it is not the native language. For someone to subscribe to Netflix and be able to use it in multiple countries with the subtitles of their choice consistently available is a huge benefit to a huge number of affluent users. This is something which the existing film industry is incapable of doing structurally, and therefore is a huge advantage that can only be replicated by the biggest producers (ie. major studios). And those big companies do not have product development and UX in their DNA, so they will struggle to compete with Netflix in this regard (to date only HBO shows promise). But meanwhile the Netflix experience will be so much better that they will undermine the foundations of industry. I'm reminded of how in 2007 no corporate IT department would allow employees to use iPhones, and even though Apple never explicitly addressed the enterprise market, and Microsoft bent over backwards to give corporate buyers what they wanted, at the end of the day companies which didn't allow their employees to use their iPhones for work suffered a competitive disadvantage.
- rsync 11y agoVery sad and lame that this is "news". Did we forget how all of this works ? Netflix is a web site. Currently, there is only one global Internet. Therefore netflix is available everywhere there is Internet connectivity. Anything other than that simple scenario is an embarrassing (and epic) fail.
- wnevets 11y agowelcome to international content licensing and copyright laws.
- rsync 11y agoNo, it is I who welcome you to being a viewer of the "web" rather than being a peer on the Internet. It could have been different.
- jsmeaton 11y agoI see the point you're trying to make, but there are still "traditional" laws that need to change for the global internet to support all kinds of media. To be fair, Netflix are trying to drive the change that will lead to this idealistic global internet, no?
- konschubert 11y agoNetflix is transforming into an on-demand cable channel. I want to pay a monthly fee and get a Spotify for movies. I don't want to pay 10 Euro a month for netflix originals plus a handful of old movies.
- jedberg 11y ago> I want to pay a monthly fee and get a Spotify for movies Unfortunately that would cost you about the same as a cable subscription due to the licensing costs.
- konschubert 11y agoI am fine paying this much. Potentially. Maybe they could also sell subsets for a lower price?
- toomuchtodo 11y agoYou're most likely in the minority. Spotify and Hulu can barely get people to pay ~$10-12/month. Lots of content = its all worth a whole lot less to people.
- BHSPitMonkey 11y agoHow does that explain the cable industry?
- shortstuffsushi 11y agoIMO, that's the same problem as paying $50 plus for a console or pc game, but refusing to pay for apps on your phone.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoConsumer education and product refinement. Notice how cord cutting has accelerated as people realize a) cable is far more expensive than the value they get out of it and b) the experience with Netflix, Amazon, etc has improved and new players have arrived (MLB, HBO Go).
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- Tunecrew 11y agoIn my experience, Netflix is horrid outside the US - a much more limited catalogue and a lot of mismatched foreign language content. I live in Jamaica and had subscribed to the version that was legitimately available to us w/o using a VPN or proxy or similar service. The result was twofold: - less content than on the US version (but the same price) - a whole lot of content available in overdubbed Spanish only or with baked-on subtitles. Guess they don't realize that south of the border there are countries that speak English (as well as French, Dutch and Portuguese). Our cable companies have the same problem trying to legitimately license content from US broadcast and cable networks - they want to dump the "Latin American" feed on us...
- lucaspiller 11y ago> Guess they don't realize that south of the border there are countries that speak English (as well as French, Dutch and Portuguese). I was working in Italy for a bit although they had audio in English for most programs I wanted to watch, subtitles were only available in Italian. Again, it's all because of licensing...
- Tunecrew 11y agoit is about two things - licensing as well as market size. in the case of the latter, big media companies just don't care about small markets, as the cost of operating them is greater than the potential profits realized. in the case of the former, i work in media and you are absolutely right - media licensing is stuck in a 1985 model, which only serves to sustain a few middlemen kind of players, but in the bigger picture sucks for both consumers and the companies that own the content. one particular result of this is that many people who can't legitimately get what the want (in terms of downloads, streams, etc.) will just pirate it, having tried unsuccessfully to do things the right way and been frustrated.
- burkaman 11y agoI think they're doing their best: https://twitter.com/netflix/status/684814114523201536 https://twitter.com/netflix/status/684814114523201536
- aritraghosh007 11y agoI have always wondered why couldn't YouTube dominate over Netflix's territory? Mostly what NFLX has is content which makes the barrier to entry not that hard but YouTube has more publishers/creators and with a wider reach it can easily reign over this market but quite surprisingly it doesn't.
- devhxinc 11y agoI wonder what the user experience will be since a good experience relies on content loading quickly through CDNs. Netflix mainly uses AWS, Akamai, Limelight and Level 3 along with its own CDN to deliver content. The majority of the new countries do not have local CDN edge nodes. (This is super frustrating when developing for African and some Asian countries) It seems Netflix has an uphill battle ahead with regards to content licensing and content delivery.
- jfroma 11y agoAs far as I know netflix has an open appliance for ISP [1] (internet service providers). I think most of the ISP will care about this when the usage increase, because it will reduce the upstream bandwitch usage. I haven't dig into it but I am pretty sure that even here in Argentina, ISP are using this thing, because it works incredible fast for HD content. Youtube might use something similar. [1]: https://openconnect.netflix.com/ https://openconnect.netflix.com/
- virtuallynathan 11y agoNetflix mostly uses their own CDN now (AS2906) with PoPs all over the world. AWS runs the non-CDN infrastructure. I'd guess they may use the "local" CDN in some markets while they find interconnection hubs and build out their PoPs.
- forcer 11y agoCan someone confirm whether signing up to e.g. Netflix in UK and using VPN with USA ip will give US selection of the movies? I signed up in USA and regularly switching to UK netflix for some EU tv-series which are not available in USA. If that works, it would make the subscription quite interesting even for the new countries which just got released.
- foldor 11y agoI can confirm it from a different perspective. I'm in Canada, and use VPN's to get Netflix shows from the US/UK depending on what I want to watch, and where it's located.
- cguess 11y agoIt does. I have a US account and can VPN into any country to get their catalogue.
- Pxtl 11y agoYes. I used to use unblock-us to access American Netflix content in Canada. They don't care where you pay your bill, they care where your IP address is.
- sallycroft 11y agoYes you can switch your Netflix region simply by using a PureVPN service.
- kipdotcom 11y agoToo bad Netflix isn't available in any African country.
- odiroot 11y agoIt seems Iron Curtain is still alive. Still no love for Poland (nearly a 40M market).
- runn1ng 11y agoFrom what people say, the map is not complete and it should work in Poland too. It definitely works here (Czech Republic).
- odiroot 11y agoThanks, I got confused by this map.
- kubindurion 11y agoworks for me in Poland: My setup: US iTunes account using AppleTV, IP from Poland
- pg_is_a_butt 11y agonetflix hasn't been available for weeks in my city. amazon prime, hulu, everything else works... but netflix cuts out every fucking show. fix it, you fucking nerds.
- r3bl 11y agoAaaand... they don't accept my credit card. I swear to god, I see this over and over again: services becoming available in my country (in Europe), but refusing credit cards that are pretty popular in Europe (like Maestro and Visa Electron).
- ultramancool 11y agoIf PayPal takes your card, they'll accept it through that.
- r3bl 11y agoNope, PayPal does not accept them neither.
- artursapek 11y agoDoesn't sound like a very popular card
- charlesdm 11y agoMaestro isn't a credit card, it's a debit card. Probably worth getting a decent credit card !
- the_mitsuhiko 11y agoMaestro can also be used online though. There is a credit card number on the back of it. But barely anyone supports it.
- thesimon 11y agoDepends on the country where the card is issued. Most of the shitty German banks issue a German domestic card with a Maestro cobranding, but don't allow Card-not-present transactions so they can upsell credit cards. I agree though that not a lot of online shops support payment with Maestro, MasterCard Debit, Visa Debit and to a lesser extend Visa Electron are used a lot more than Maestro.
- thegreatpeter 11y agoI can't wait for Netflix to provide their own News channel :)
- theklub 11y agoI was thinking they should add video podcasters.
- ilostmykeys 11y agoAnd Google could one day build a video store where anyone can monetize their video content, which would probably include both big and small content owners, like TV studios and individuals like me and you. Not sure how copyright would be managed. Youtube basically does this but the only way to monetize on youtube right now is via ads. I don't see why Google wouldn't want to add the ability for youtube content creators to monetize directly via rent/purchase options.
- sabelo 11y agoPerhaps youtube red is a step in that direction
- timothya 11y ago> the only way to monetize on youtube right now is via ads That's not true, you can also set up a channel where users have to pay to purchase or rent your videos (or pay a subscription to see all of your videos). More information is here: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/3249127?hl=en https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/3249127?hl=en
- Strom 11y agoApparently playback is limited to 720p on Chrome/Firefox. [1] Also the selection seems rather limited in Estonia, not even House of Cards season 1 is available! Very disappointing. [1] https://help.netflix.com/en/node/23742?ba=GSButtonClick&q= https://help.netflix.com/en/node/23742?ba=GSButtonClick&q=
- YogeeKnows 11y agoMost people relate Netflix to 'movies'. I have been an on - off customer of Netflix and thoughts of leaving it often crosses my mind. But the only thing which keeps me on it are the TV shows, seasons and seasons of it. I'm currently watching Mad Men , that's 6+ seasons I want to watch. I love the luxury of just catching up on a 30-45 min TV show while I'm multitasking, eating, playing PS4 etc. I think Netflix or competitors who want loyal customers ,expanding library of TV shows should be their prominent strategy. I would suggest - giving out free episodes for every season, atleast 2 and see the signups go up.
- vdnkh 11y agoSame here, I think I've watched one movie on it in the two years I've had it. I almost always have a show playing in the background though. I don't have a TV and haven't for years.
- Havoc 11y ago>Most people relate Netflix to 'movies'. Mine seems to be 99% series in the home screen.
- wjoe 11y agoIt depends where you are. In the UK, their selection of TV is much more limited than the US - for example we don't have your example of Mad Men. Their original shows are very good though, and they have a decent selection of British TV (ironically they have more BBC shows than BBC's own streaming service). Their selection of popular/well known movies has been decreasing over time though, as they've been losing some of those licences. But there's enough of them that it's good enough for "I want to watch some movie, let's see what's on Netflix".
- Brakenshire 11y ago> they have a decent selection of British TV (ironically they have more BBC shows than BBC's own streaming service). > Their selection of popular/well known movies has been decreasing over time though, as they've been losing some of those licences. But there's enough of them that it's good enough for "I want to watch some movie, let's see what's on Netflix". Not sure I agree with either. They have some old UK TV, but not that much. BBC offers almost no archive tv on iPlayer, so that's not much of a comparison! And I had to spend a significant amount of time trying to find any film I wanted to watch. My impression of the services was a bit like renting access to 10-15 box sets (Mad Men, Breaking Bad, some BBC Dickens adaptations, etc), and about 50 randomly selected, vaguely entertaining films. I had it for about 4 months before running out of anything I wanted to watch.
- Keyframe 11y ago"Around the World" edit: they've updated their info.. it really is around the world.
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- flixic 11y agoenjoy Netflix original series including Marvel’s Daredevil and Marvel’s Jessica Jones, Narcos, Sense8, Grace and Frankie, and Marco Polo House of Cards notably missing. Lithuanian here, great that we have it now, but have no idea why House of Cards is not available.
- robwilliams 11y agoAlso Orange is the New Black.
- smackfu 11y agoIt looks like House of Cards and Orange is the New Black were both licensed out to other networks in countries that didn't have Netflix at the time. For instance, Showcase in Australia had both of them, and probably has the rights to continue showing them exclusively in Australia. So that complicates things.
- dirkdk 11y agoha yah, and that is a great series. Too american?
- dagw 11y agoNetflix sold the overseas distribution rights to House of Cards back before they decided to bet on international expansion, so they don't own the rights to that show in all countries any more.
- deepuj 11y agoNetflix will have a positive effect in countries like India. Their entry will help force ISPs to upgrade their infrastructure and increase average speeds. The benefits will hopefully trickle down to all internet users!
- Havoc 11y ago>Their entry will help force ISPs to upgrade their infrastructure and increase average speeds. I'm from a country with a similar profile (South Africa) and I can tell you it definitely won't do anything of the sort. They just throttle the hell out of you as an incentive to upgrade.
- sabelo 11y agoHoping the same for South Africa. So counterintuitive though :)
- geodel 11y agoThats like saying entry of BMW in India will force upgrade of road infrastructure. I do not see how or why entry of Netflix will force ISPs in anyway. ARPU for Cable TV in India is ~Rs 300 so Netflix is twice as expensive there. In sharp contrast to US where Netflix will probably will be the cheapest streaming service.
- jrmcauliffe 11y agoThere is usually only one provider of roads..
- satish-shetty 11y agoVery unlikely. Unless they start offering movies in Indian languages (Hindi, Tamil & Telugu to start with), the amount of traffic will not be high enough to justify ISPs to upgrade.
- train_robber 11y agoIt already does. I can see a few Hindi titles already.
- alainchabat 11y agoI'm failing at finding TV shows outside China for my parents. I tried lot of IPTV boxes (tvpad, xiaomi box ...) but they all end up super tricky to use outside China. Hope Netflix will figure out something great to provide Chinese content! If anyone here has any recommendation :)
- matthewrudy 11y agoIf you're into Dramas or Soap Operas, I mostly watch them on Viki. The majority are Korean, but there's also a good selection of Taiwanese and Chinese dramas too. (the content varies depending which country you're in. The selection in the UK is very big, but in HK there's very little) https://www.viki.com/ https://www.viki.com/
- Dirlewanger 11y agoAnd yet they STILL don't have a way to filter to show only Netflix-only content...
- shmerl 11y agoReducing geoblocking is a step forward. Another step should be dropping it altogether, and DRM too. So far DRM-free video didn't manage to break through on big scale.
- drdaeman 11y agoNow, I'm curious - is there any way I check what would be available in my specific country without signing up and starting a trial? I want to be able to at least just do a few search queries to check if what I had watched recently is there or I shouldn't even bother and save that "free month" offer for later (because if there's nothing to watch it'd be wasted).
- donarb 11y agoinstantwatcher.com shows what titles are available and let's you queue them up on Netflix if you have an account. Not sure if they have a regional filter yet.
- drdaeman 11y agoThanks! I've just ran through what I had watched any recently. No single title was found. Not even on US Netflix. And I wasn't watching any obscure stuff - I practically visited popular directory sites (like IMDB), set some basic genre filters and considered watching whatever had >=7.0 and some interesting description. Then, if I liked what I saw, checked some more by a same director. Guess, I'll have to stay with my parrot and wooden leg.
- bjxrn 11y agohttp://netflixable.com/ http://netflixable.com/ has an overview for a set of countries. Maybe yours is among them.
- satyajeet23 11y agoA worldwide VPN just became the best Netflix accessory ever - http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/6/10724378/netflix-everywhere-ces-2016-vpn-best-accessory http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/6/10724378/netflix-everywhere...
- satyajeet23 11y agoReed Hastings announced that Netflix service has gone live in nearly every country of the world but China
- donretag 11y agoNow you can cancel your account worldwide! Previously, the Netflix website did not work at all from outside of their regions. Want to cancel online? You cannot. Call them? Only if you are willing to pay for a overseas call. No email support, nothing. I took these steps to cancel my account: 1) Open a Twitter account 2) Tweet about canceling my account 3) Send friend request (or whatever it is called) 4) Accept friend request 5) Send direct message 6) Receive a direct message with an email account 7) Send an email about cancelling my account Cancel a Netflix account from overseas, all in 7 easy steps.
- reustle 11y agoOr you could just make a voip call via any of the free options (ie Google hangouts)
- donretag 11y agoWith Hangouts and Skype, you had to buy at least $10 worth of credit. I used Skype to call home. Point is, their website should have worked for account issues. The interesting part is that you are able to sign up for services from overseas (that part worked), just not cancel them.
- yincrash 11y agoYou had to buy credit to make hangouts calls to US numbers? As far as I know, calls to the US should be free via hangouts. https://www.google.com/voice/b/0/rates?p=hangout https://www.google.com/voice/b/0/rates?p=hangout
- icebraining 11y agoSeems to be fixed, just canceled my plan from the site in one click.
- audi100quattro 11y agoStill not it India or China, all of Asia (except for Japan) and Africa, isn't what I would call around the world...
- scriptdevil 11y agoIt is there in India! :D I just signed up. Rs. 500, 650 and 800. Even the costliest pack is still cheap IMHO
- wtmt 11y agoCan you check if the content served is uncensored or if scenes with any kind of nudity are blurred or cut outright? Check a few episodes of Orange Is The New Black or Dexter or Marco Polo, maybe? I also wonder if the movies are cuts or the originals as available in the U.S. Sometimes the shows become unwatchable when cuts are done wholesale.
- audi100quattro 11y agoStill not it India or China, all of Asia (except for Japan) and Africa, isn't what I would call around the world...
- MitjaBezensek 11y agoMy Samsung TV still doesn't show me the Netflix app. As far as I understand they didn't show it in the countries where Netflix was not available. I hope that they will enable it now that it is.
- worried_citizen 11y agoAFAIK all of the smart TV apps worked but wouldn't let you sign-up or stream.
- awqrre 11y agoBut you probably can't tell your friend that is from another country to watch what you watched last night because it is more then likely not available in their country.
- antman 11y agoSomebody should tell Netflix that the EU is a unified market by law that does not exempt any digital service. So they had to sell to all EU countries right from the start. At least the whole story with the vpns can stop. (Unless you live in Greece...) http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/shopping/buying-services/index_en.htm http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/shopping/buyi... ""For these types of services, and others, you have the right to buy from a service provider located in another EU country without: -price discrimination -having the seller refuse to sell to you simply because you live in a different EU country."" edit: You cannot deny services to the whole European Economic Area (wikipedia has a map so you can compare and see the excluded countries) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_Area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_Area edit:formatting
- avar 11y agoIf you're right why do you think Netflix's CEO is saying the EEA isn't there yet due to the lack of a digital single market[1] and why is the European commission proposing a "digital single market" as part of its Europe 2020 plans[2]? 1. http://www.euractiv.com/sections/infosociety/netflix-ceo-europe-needs-strong-net-neutrality-rules-314368 http://www.euractiv.com/sections/infosociety/netflix-ceo-eur... 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe_2020 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe_2020
- joars 11y agoI think geo-blocking is still legal. http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/internet-services/rights-e-commerce/index_en.htm http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/internet-serv... says that the provider needs to inform about "...whether any geographical restrictions apply to the use of the content and if private copies are allowed."
- icebraining 11y agoRead the Directive. It only prohibits Netflix from not providing service based on the nationality or place of residence of the recipient, if the service is available to the public at large in that country. It does not force you to provide a service to the whole EU. Essentially, if you live in a country and you then travel to another EU country where Netflix is available, they can't deny you service just because you don't live there.
- GeorgeMatthews 11y agoThat's nice finally the time has come
- bluelu 11y agoI don't know if a netflix engineer reads this: I still have an issue that I can only watch some series/movies (e.g. sherlock holmes series) only in french + english, while my friends can watch them in english + german. All in same country (Luxembourg). Changing the language on the tv and resetting netflix (konami code) changed to the "german" version. But now it's back to english + french. Best thing would be to have access to all 3 languages here and not make any choice/guess based on tv language or browser environment
- stephen-mw 11y agoIf you email me at [redacted] I can forward it to somebody who may be able to help.
- bluelu 11y agoSent you an email. Thank you!
- yuncun 11y agoI have the same problem, can you post your findings so I don't have the spam the guy?
- stephen-mw 11y agoFeel free to email. Please provide as much information for reproducing it as possible. Thanks!
- hotgoldminer 11y agoHas anyone considered skipping the opening credits of a tv shows? With all the user data you have, it would seem easy enough to detect a pattern. Button click goes to most common skipped-forward point.
- orbitur 11y agoI'd like 30-second skip forward & back. Too often I want to catch something again or skip a part I know is boring, and if it's a really long movie I have to guess where to click in the timeline.
- fredliu 11y agoAws and Amazon Instant Video probably are very separate businesses. And right now, aws is obviously much more successful than Amazon Video. But is that enough reason for Netlfix to be not scared of being a full aws shop and not worrying the fact that their biggest - probably the only - competitor (Amazon Video) also shares the same parent company as Netflix's main tech provider (aws)?
- worried_citizen 11y agoAlong the same line of questioning what's to stop Netflix from packing up bags and moving to GCE/Azure?
- djloche 11y agoCost. Switching would cost a ton of time and money, which is probably better spent in securing streaming rights for popular shows, creating their own shows, and marketing to increase their subscriber base.
- fredliu 11y agoAgree, switching is so costly, and IMHO given Netflix's current profit margin, which is not that high, I doubt they can afford to replace aws with a full in-house solution.
- atonse 11y agoNetflix is a high profile enough customer that I think they would get amazing discounts from MS or Google if they moved, just so those providers can parade around talking about this massive high-profile defection.
- jedberg 11y agoLack of features and/or scale.
- jedberg 11y agoSamsung makes phones that compete with Apple, yet is also one of their biggest suppliers. This happens in business all the time. AWS knows that if they did anything to harm Netflix's business, it would reflect very poorly on them (and be morally and ethically wrong). Also, while both offer streaming services, they don't really compete. Many people subscribe to both services.
- hotgoldminer 11y agoHere's what's gonna happen. They're already doing this. Charge a premium for streaming bandwidth. Sell a separate 'streaming' package. Bundle. HBO, Netflix, NFL, Hulu, PBS. They all come standard on the streaming package. A mere $25 a month on top of your basic $60 100mbps connection.
- alessioalex 11y agoUnless you're in Romania and paying 25$ for 1Gb/s internet, cable and phone altogether :p
- jggonz 11y agoDisclaimer: Cuban here (living in US) Available in Cuba? Try to find the bandwidth... Seriously, why include Cuba in the list? That makes their statement a bit of a joke in my opinion.
- jedberg 11y agoIt was actually in Cuba a few months ago when the embargo lifted. :)
- 64bitbrain 11y agoThis is really great! I remember not while back my parents visited me and I introduced them to Netflix. While I am at work, they were happy browsing the shows, thanks for the quality content. However, my parents doesn't have that much bandwidth to stream 720p at their home. Moreover, the ISP has a data cap as well. So, its good to see that they will be able to watch the shows they liked, but limited internet access will be annoying. Cant say if the ISPs will flow and adopt accordingly.
- facepalm 11y agoAre they saying the same content will be available everywhere in the world?
- c3o 11y agoNope
- erikb 11y agoEverybody talks mostly about the content. I started using Netflix (Germany + US), because of the technology. I don't want to move to my next apartment with thousands of discs, and when I want to watch something I don't want to search for days before i find the disc. Streaming is the way to go and at least in Europe Netflix is the only one who does it right. (Youtube of course as well, but youtube has no interesting movies/tv shows with licenses and high quality) What I'm really missing is the option to pay for single premium movies like the newest Avengers movie like I could on Amazon or Google. I don't understand why they don't offer the content that may be too expensive to them for general access at least for extra pay.
- swagv 11y agoF* Netflix, really.
- vilius 11y agoAfter hearing the news clicked on the notification centre and saw this: http://cl.ly/2O26070b3z0S http://cl.ly/2O26070b3z0S -- NFLX +9,31% It got me thinking how does this work? Surely people working at Netflix knew that this was coming. Are they allowed to buy stocks with such insider knowledge? Are they buying? Even someone like me with zero knowledge in stock markets would assume this will have a positive impact on the stock price.
- jedberg 11y agoNetflix employees are currently locked out, and their internal ethics policy would prevent them from buying anyway. I'm a former employee and knew this was coming, but it would still be ethically and morally wrong for me to trade on this info (and probably illegal too). The reason it popped right after is because there are a bunch of computers that watch twitter for news and trade on it split seconds after it breaks.
- sgeisenh 11y agoThere are fairly strict regulations concerning how insiders are able to trade, legally. If an insider learns of information that can potentially influence stock price, they may only execute trades as part of a preexisting plan or agreement. For example, an insider can continue purchasing shares as part of a stock or option purchase plan. Or an insider can continue selling shares as part of a retirement preparation plan. Additionally, insiders are usually required to report any trades of company stock that they make.
- usaphp 11y agoI want netflix partner with local translators who already have a lot of tv series translated in a local language, I live in US but sometimes I like watching tv series/movies in russian translation, I really want netflix to have their content available in more languages.
- distances 11y agoNetflix has the translations, they are just not provided for you. For example, Germany has usually both English and German subtitles available for all content. My best theory is that Netflix pays for certain regions, and worldwide subtitle distribution would cost more. That sounds ridiculous though when comparing to the content itself, but what other reason could there be? The simplicity of the user interface?
- ferongr 11y agoFinally, I get to try Netflix, I thought. I signed up for the HD plan, I went to my playback settings, changed quality to high and decided to watch Pacific Rim. http://i.imgur.com/LKEcMDo.png http://i.imgur.com/LKEcMDo.png Let's just say, it doesn't look like Netflix will be successful to convert me to streaming.
- edpichler 11y agoMeanwhile, Brazilian Government is discussing how to tax Netflix (more than it already does indirectly).
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- natch 11y agoNetflix managed to snag Lee Collins (one of the original creators of Unicode) from Apple recently, which helps explain how they could accomplish the i18n aspects of this with such a broad range of countries.
- mrfusion 11y agoDo you think Netflix will ever offer offline viewing? That would be awesome for traveling.
- Scarbutt 11y agoNetflix in my country is like living in the 90s.
- l8again 11y agoI am curious to know how it plans to charge the masses in countries where credit cards are not as ubiquitous. That includes countries like India.
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- dendory 11y agoToo bad that content outside the US is a fraction of what's available in the US.
- tibbydude 11y agoSo I signed up for free trail in South Africa. All of Netflix's own stuff is there but the rest of the catalogue is rather dire.
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- nwmcsween 11y agoThe sad thing is you have to sort of 'cheat' netflix if you want content that isn't just seemingly random B level shows by using a US proxy. I'm in Canada and honestly had no idea just how much better the US version of netflix was.
- runn1ng 11y agoIt doesn't have a lot of contents in here (Czech Republic). But! It has complete history of Power Rangers franchise. I think every Power Rangers episode in history is there. So there is that.
- herbst 11y agoSame here in Switzerland. For a moment it hyped and everybody had it, now i dont know a single person where i know he still uses it as the content barely did expand, and really is not much. Next to that we have hundreds of really good gray streaming sites (its legal to pirate here in switzerland) in the german room, which each has more movies and series available.
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- gremlinsinc 11y agoNetflix needs to add live streaming of local channels, and sports to their package (maybe as addon costs) -- thus giving people no reason at all to keep cable.
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- mschuster91 11y agoHmm. Signed up, but not sure if I'll follow through the one free month. Seriously, all of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but The Avengers and Avengers Assemble missing? What a joke is this? (I'm in Germany)
- andyron 11y ago"China's not one of them"
- waitingkuo 11y agoAs always! It need a http://www.netflix.cn/ http://www.netflix.cn/ first
- nitin88g 11y agoAtleast in India, it will not take off. Present internet facilities in India will not be able to serve this. At an avg HD streaming of a movie in netflix for 2hrs takes around 3GB bandwidth. In India, except Hyderabad, any major city the internrt charges are so high that no one adopts it. For ex: in Bangalore, for 2000rs, you get 20mbps connection capped at 50Gb and after that its 8mbps only. If I take BSNL, for 2000rs, you get 10mbps capped at 30Gb and so on. However it might be good for Hyderabad people, where 2000rs, you get 50mbps connection capped at 350Gb. My point is Indian internet cant simply scale to serve Netflix presently. They should tie up with ISPs to something magic
- aianus 11y ago8 Mbps is plenty for watching Netflix
- tim333 11y agoI think you might be overestimating the mpbs needed. Netflix site says minimum 0.5 mbs.
- wtmt 11y agoAre you living in an area with bad connectivity and very few providers or just a single provider? Even 8Mbps is a great speed for streaming HD videos. If the high speed data cap is your limitation, then you should consider airtel or ACT. For the last few years, they have had plans that provide a whole lot more for the amount you quote and at speeds ranging from 16Mbps to 100Mbps. Also, the basic Netflix subscription is only for SD quality, which can easily take off (heck, people have been watching crappy quality videos on 2G for many years). As others have pointed out, Netflix does not need a lot of bandwidth. Of course, the quality will vary, but you definitely don't need a 40Mbps or 100Mbps connection. Pricing, however, is a huge factor. Having people put in 500 or more a month for a limited set of content is going to be a challenge for Netflix.
- SatoshiRoberts 11y agoAre you saying it costs too much or the data is too slow?
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- listic 11y agoWhat was stopping them? Living in Russia (St.-Petersburg), [1] I'm experiencing firsthand the territorial restrictions that transnational companies impose on us. E.g. Amazon doesn't offer any books in Russian and for a long time there wasn't anything of substance to read in App Store nor Google Play, either. I assumed it's because copyright law works different in every country: to be able to offer all the property they already have rights to in the USA, in the new country (e.g. Russia), they have to strike deal(s) with the copyright holders in that country, perhaps a lengthy and/or impossible task. Yet it doesn't look like it in case of Netflix: they started working in 130+ countries overnight. [1] I wonder if it the Russian St.-Petersburg mentioned in the press release? Works either way: Singapore is far from both.
- neo11235 11y agonot available in China...
- neo11235 11y agonot available in China
- maguay 11y agoExciting to now have Netflix officially in Asia (Thailand for me), though its catalogue is decidedly sparse. There's no BBC shows (so no Sherlock or Dr. Who), no AMC (so no Breaking Bad or Walking Dead), no CBS/ABC shows (so no How I Met Your Mother or The Office), and oddly enough no House of Cards (though that's the only original series that seems to be missing here—and presumably that's missing because they sold international rights). If Netflix launched internationally with this sparse of a catalogue a year ago, it'd be a much more major problem. Today, though, Netflix has enough of their own series that there's a decent amount of new/interesting stuff to watch. Perk of owning their own content is that they already have the rights—nothing to negotiate for each new country. Still, for now, the catalogue is sparse enough, you'll want a VPN to get your money's worth from a Netflix subscription outside the States. Another interesting little thing. Better Call Saul is AMC in the States, but it's called a Netflix Original in most other countries—even Thailand where Netflix doesn't have any other AMC shows. Also: HBO, time to get HBO Now in Asia.
- grillvogel 11y agotoo be fair the US catalog is pretty sparse these days as well
- tim333 11y agoI'm surprised it took so long for some video content company to go global. The USA is only 16% of global GDP. By just monetizing that and leaving the rest of the world to torrent shows if they want to keep up there's a lot of money being left on the table.
- hosh 11y agoI can't tell if we just saw a tipping point here. Maybe I'm just elevating this. It has the feel of when Apple inverted the negotiating positions between device makers and wireless providers. Now I see why Netflix produced their own content. Negotiating for world-wide streaming rights can be tricky. Having a small set of content that they control, which gets turned into a guaranteed set of content that can be delivered for a global network gives them a lot of leverage for negotiating other content. Well played. On the other hand, I remember Crunchyroll being available in many countries (not sure if that is world-wide), though they don't have the clout that Netflix has, and their content is very specific.
- dopu 11y agoThis headline reminded me of Smartflix [0] -- lets you access the entire Netflix catalogue, regardless of your location. Surprised that Netflix lets something like this exist. [0]: https://www.smartflix.io https://www.smartflix.io
- thesimon 11y ago>Netflix lets something like this exist It's not like they can ban Chrome or VPNs
- ngneer 11y agoThen why did I move to the states?
- PeterStuer 11y agoI apologize if this is something that I overlooked in the announcement, but does this mean Netflix will now have the same catalog available everywhere? In the press release they only seem to refer to Netflix original series. Last time I looked the Netflix content that was available to subscribers here (Belgium) was extremely poor and not comparable at all to what US Netflix subscribers are used to.
- kagamine 11y agoSame experience here in Norway. Subscribed, unsubscribed after a month as the content compared to the US/UK catalog was severely lacking. On reddit around that time there were a few 'top 10' lists, things like '10 documentaries on netflix you must see', that sort of thing, there were only ever about 3 of 10 available here. The service is by no means cheaper here either.
- d33d33 11y agois it just me who is wondering why i can't see netflix' complete movie/series list before i register with my credit card ? Don't tell me, https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix#/all?page=1 https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix#/all?page=1 is all they offer?
- donkeyd 11y agoThat is the "only on Netflix" list. They offer way more. It differs a lot per country though, so they're not offering the lists per country publicly. There are some websites that compile lists of what's available on Netflix in different countries, but they're not always correct.
- osoti 11y agohttp://www.osoti.net/amazing/the-most-horrifying-facts-about-titanic-all-should-know/ http://www.osoti.net/amazing/the-most-horrifying-facts-about...
- jernigan 11y agoCelebrities who came out openly to accept they are gay its interesting....http://goo.gl/opO9rj http://goo.gl/opO9rj
- sireat 11y agoWill there be Netflix servers/CDNs in each country? I wonder what impact this will have on cross country traffic. My country has excellent internal network but outside pipes get clogged at times..
- vinceyuan 11y agoWhat can I watch on Netflix? I am in Asia and did not use Netflix before. I visited netflix.com but still don't have a clear view of it. The website says "Watch TV shows & movie anytime, anywhere. Plans from $X a month", but does not provide a complete list. I watched HBO on TV which continuously shows (old) movies. I know Netflix is not like HBO. It is a VOD system, like a video version of Apple Music. Is it correct?
- throwaway049 11y agoDifferent films and shows are available in different countries and regions depending on Netflix's ability to licence, and what they anticipate customers will want. Which country are you in?
- vinceyuan 11y agoHong Kong
- darklajid 11y agoA quick google searches and it seems that I cannot play this content on my TV in any reasonable way (right now the only thing connected to it is a Kodi setup. There are addons to play Netflix content, but they are unofficial and I found a couple different ones, some being forks of others: A mess). Just like Amazon Prime this is something I'd be generally interested in. But I cannot consume the content, at least not as easily as local media or random grey (or plain illegal) sources. All hail DRM.
- unprepare 11y ago"a kodi setup" means what? Do you have an HDMI input on your television? Is there a reason you can not use a chromecast? Apple TV? Roku? Linux PC? Windows PC? Mac PC? chromebook? Amazon Prime HD Stick? Intel Compute stick? an old laptop? a ps4? a ps3? an xbox 360? an xbox one? a wii? a wii u? Many bluray players? I'm genuinely curious what you're running kodi on that can't run netflix.
- denisu 11y agoProbably a Raspberry Pi.
- darklajid 11y agoThe sibling is right: For me it's a Pi(2) right now. I'm fine with any box, but expect to have just _one_ box and want a generic thing. Runs Linux, I have full access & control? Fine. I don't own a console. I don't buy ~special~ hardware (Apple TV, Fire TV etc.) and don't use Chrome at all/see no value in a Chromecast. So, given a Linux machine connected via HDMI trying to play Netflix seems to be .. gambling. Might work with unofficial clients, probably using Flash? Maybe? It might be worth trying Netflix, since that's billed monthly, I can use the free first month to fiddle around aimlessly until it might work somehow and when it breaks I'll just cancel. Amazon bills for a year, and since there's no officially supported way for me to use the service I .. won't even try to use that. Too much effort.
- everglows 11y agoThe Carver Media Group Network (CMGN) is a large multi-national news and entertainment company operated and owned by media mogul, Elliot Carver.
- everglows 11y agoThe Carver Media Group Network (CMGN) is a large multi-national news and entertainment company operated and owned by media mogul, Elliot Carver.
- gbraad 11y agoExcept China
- jug 11y agoNetflix is seriously disrupting the cable TV business model, no the least for example here in Sweden where channels often air TV shows months or even a year after they've aired in the US. Why would I want to watch something both with ads and also months late? It's like choosing to suffer for being late. It doesn't even make sense anymore.
- JohnK87 11y agoGood news for people that don't have local Netflix because streaming content online is much more convenient than watching DVDs etc. However, the new regions of Netflix will have a maximum number of 500 unique titles which is very low compared to US Netflix (5000 titles). If you want to get a good value for your money, you can use services like Unotelly and access all regions of Netflix. You get about 1000% more content with a minimum cost.
- JohnK87 11y agoGood news for people that don't have local Netflix because streaming content online is much more convenient than watching DVDs etc. However, the new regions of Netflix will have a maximum number of 500 unique titles which is very low compared to US Netflix (5000 titles). If you want to get a good value for your money, you can use services like Unotelly and access all regions of Netflix. You get about 1000% more content with a minimum cost.