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In 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
by LoSboccacc 11y ago
In 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?
- petke 11y agoI used the linked 3rd party site above: netflixable.com, choose a country, goto "Alphabetical List". Example: http://usa.netflixable.com/2016/01/complete-alphabetical-list-wed-jan-6.html http://usa.netflixable.com/2016/01/complete-alphabetical-lis... The total number of movies/shows/episodes is 7004. (I hope that was what you where asking about)
- SyneRyder 11y agoAustralia has 2467, in case anyone else was curious. [Though I really wish I could access some of the German language library directly from my Australian subscription.]
- intopieces 11y agoYou might try using a VPN. I used to work for a VPN provider. This was the main reason our customers used our service.
- SyneRyder 11y agoYup, I do use a VPN occasionally. I'm not sure if Netflix Germany / rights-holders get paid correctly if I login with my Australian account though, so I try not to do it often... if I knew everyone was getting paid I'd do it a lot more often!
- lazaroclapp 11y ago> Finland: 3380 (So high because they don't dub?) Why would you dub? I mean, why would you either have to dub everything or not include it? Just have at set up a screen that asks which languages you speak, whether you prefer dubs or subs and whether you will accept subs for everything that doesn't have a dub if you previously selected dub. Why is language so tied to location? Specially in Europe! (and I can imagine there is a pretty large market for shows in Spanish or Mandarin in the U.S. too, and why not have those in French, German, Japanese, Korean, etc too while we are at it...) I think this announcement probably changes things in the direction I want in this respect. But it always seemed like the obvious choice to begin with.
- petke 11y agoI agree. I think they should give that choice. I think foreign media companies don't realize that even though many European countries dub movies, lots of people will watch an un-dubbed movie (with subtitles) if that is the only thing available at the time. Lots of people prefer the un-dubbed version (even without subtitles).
- megablast 11y agoSouthern European countries like it dubbed, all there shows are dubbed.
- lazaroclapp 11y agoMost people in southern European countries like it dubbed. Doesn't mean that they shouldn't be given the option (specially if a dubbed version doesn't exist and is the only way to see the content at all). From a technical point of view is a trivial fix. From a commercial point of view? Well, either selling content in a different language is profitable, in which case negotiating the licenses is worthwhile, or it isn't very profitable, in which case "license to distribute in Japanese with subtitles inside Italy" should not be a very expensive right to acquire.
- icebraining 11y agoNot here in Portugal (thankfully). Only shows for children are dubbed here.
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- noinsight 11y agoWow Finland is pretty well off, I figured we had it much worse. Yeah, there's a decent amount of stuff on Netflix here but not everything.
- Steko 11y agoI don't know if this problem still exists but at some point in the not too distant past not every title available on desktop was available if you signed up on say Apple TV. If anyone has the numbers I'd be curious how much of the catalog is restricted this way.
- rconti 11y agoNetflix's catalog(ue) is a shadow of its former self. I'm a Netflix subscriber, and can pretty much guarantee that any movie I attempt to watch will NOT be available on Netflix streaming. I have somewhat better luck with the previous episodes of American TV shows.
- smackfu 11y agoWell, they've certainly pivoted their focus from movies to TV shows. But most of their "good" movies were part of the Starz license, and that expired years ago now.
- jmilloy 11y agoI haven't been a subscriber for years, and this was the main reason I left. But I remember the disc catalogue was still strong. Is that still the case? (I'm in the US.)
- cletusw 11y agoI'm a disc subscriber and I think there's only been one movie in the last couple years that I wanted that they didn't have.
- geoelectric 11y agoI don't approach Netflix as "I want to see this movie so I go here," so much as "I want to watch something, so I'll pick from here." I'm never lacking a choice to watch, even with fairly specific criteria in mind. If I know exactly what I want to watch (and don't get lucky enough to find it on Amazon/Netflix/Hulu) I pay for PPV. I don't expect magic for <$10/mo, especially when the going rate for a one-off viewing is nearly half that.
- imh 11y agoYou sure used to be able to go there for specific movies. I understand why it's not the case anymore, but I miss what it was.
- davej 11y agoYeah, considering switching to Netflix US + VPN. Only decent content here (Ireland) is the Netflix Originals stuff.
- fernandotakai 11y agohah, that's actually interesting: i've been switching to netflix ireland for the past weeks because it has some unique stuff (like the last season of Archer).
- logiclabs 11y agoMovie-wise, the most upto date content seems to be in Canada, where they get movies that were in the cinema around 6-8 months. Not sure how much longer that'll last as the licensing deal runs out in middle of this year some time.
- sebtoast 11y agoI like the selection we have in Canada and I feel it is much better than it was when I first got an account somewhere around 3-4 years ago. Also, to confirm what you said, we are supposed to get Star Wars: the force awakens first https://www.yahoo.com/movies/s/netflix-stream-star-wars-force-awakens-only-canada-210123224.html https://www.yahoo.com/movies/s/netflix-stream-star-wars-forc... I saw somewhere that we would get it in about six months.
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- hellomc 11y agoI doubt it will change. Content producers don't want to give away content to an all-you-can-eat service. It's expensive to produce the material, so they need to milk it at every level. In terms of content quality, Netflix (and their competitors) are the equivalent of a free-to-air TV channel with occasional big ticket titles that they likely blow their budget on.
- riffraff 11y agoI wish it was "in europe", but it looks like "western europe" :(
- pilsetnieks 11y agoI think they haven't updated the map yet. It lists just ~115 countries while the press release mentions 190. Edit: I am also in one of the grey countries, and I can see the "Start your free month" page on netflix.com, instead of "unavailable in your country."
- chx 11y agoThe 444 Hungarian news portal reports it working in Hungary.
- macns 11y agoworks well in Greece (east-southern?) but the available content is dated, a disappointment really.
- mahouse 11y agoGreece is Western Europe.
- ilogik 11y agoit's available globally (with only a few exceptions such as north Korea, Iran, Syria, and, apparently, Crimea) It works for me in Romania
- danso 11y agoThis is a humorous complaint. I was using a VPN into England and had checked out Netflix and I thought the selection was great (finally, I can stream Battlestar Galactica. Archer's season 6 is finally out, etc.)...but I'm sure if I were using VPN regularly, and then checking Netflix...I'd have the same feeling of "it's the same ol shit on the front page"
- donkeyd 11y agoIt's not. If the UK is your only frame of reference, you're not getting the full picture. It differs greatly per country.
- phil248 11y agoMost of what I watch these days on Netflix are their original programs, which I'm pretty sure is completely in line with their master plan.
- robwilliams 11y agoThat and TV shows that have completed their original run, of which they have a great collection.
- CaptSpify 11y agoPersonally, I prefer this. I hate waiting for the next season of a show to come out, so Netflix works for me. I can see why it doesn't work for others though
- wjoe 11y agoSame, I mostly just use it for the original shows, and occasionally I'll go on there when I want to watch a random movie. For normal TV shows I'll usually watch them when they air through "other methods", since it's usually many months before a new show/season gets on Netflix. There's consistently been a new season of a Netflix show that I've wanted to watch every month for a while now, so it doesn't seem like bad value. It helps that I share the account with a friend though, and I'm surprised they still let people do that.
- solidangle 11y agoIt's not even that good here. Most series that ended within the last 10 years are not available. They don't have 9 out of 10 TV series that I want to watch. To make things even worse, they've raised prices from €8 to €10 even though it feels like they're removing more TV series (such as Lost) than they're adding back.
- wobbleblob 11y agoThat's usually because some local player bought the (online) distribution rights for your country for content from major studios before Netflix moved in. Where I live, Netflix has some children's shows and some local stuff. If I want the same choice as Netflix in the US, I'd have to get subscriptions to half a dozen local online video stores. I expect most of those to go out of business in the next few years, and things to consolidate to just one or two players, one of them being Netflix.
- jld89 11y agoJust use a VPN or proxy dude... it's not hard.
- henry_vonfire 11y agoYeah, it was a total disappointment to subscribe to Netflix just to discover that almost everything I was interested in, wasn't there.