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Interesting 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'

by petke 11y ago

Interesting 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 ago
I 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 ago
  I 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 ago
Australia 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 ago
  You 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 ago
    Yup, 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 ago
  I 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 ago
  Southern European countries like it dubbed, all there shows are dubbed.
  - lazaroclapp 11y ago
    Most 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 ago
    Not here in Portugal (thankfully). Only shows for children are dubbed here.
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noinsight 11y ago
Wow 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 ago
I 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.

by petke 11y ago

hobo_mark 11y ago

I 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 ago
I 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 ago

Australia 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 ago
You 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 ago
  Yup, 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 ago
I 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 ago
Southern European countries like it dubbed, all there shows are dubbed.
- lazaroclapp 11y ago
  Most 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 ago
  Not here in Portugal (thankfully). Only shows for children are dubbed here.

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noinsight 11y ago

Wow 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 ago

I 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.