Netflix Is Now Available Around the World

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Post by devhxinc » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 6:09 PM UTC

Netflix Is Now Available Around the World
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Post by jakozaur » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 6:19 PM UTC

Oh, 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.

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Post by _mikz » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 6:19 PM UTC

The announcement 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. But that is not 130 countries. India and Russia are not there for example.

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Post by jakozaur » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 6:22 PM UTC

Oh, yeah! I just wonder if movie selection is the same, or if in some countries there are more titles. Anyone got information on that?

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Post by atonse » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 6:23 PM UTC

This 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.

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Post by dikaiosune » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 6:23 PM UTC

jakozaur wrote: post #4

Oh, yeah! I just wonder if movie selection is the same, or if in some countries there are more titles. Anyone got information on that?

"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?

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Post by e28eta » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 6:23 PM UTC

I 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.

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Post by pmelendez » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 6:24 PM UTC

jakozaur wrote: post #4

Oh, yeah! I just wonder if movie selection is the same, or if in some countries there are more titles. Anyone got information on that?

Very unlikely... I can tell at least there were differences between Canada and USA when I had both.

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 6:24 PM UTC

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Post by _mikz » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 6:25 PM UTC

The linked full list of countries and territories where Netflix is now available https://help.netflix.com/en/node/14164 does not show all the 130 countries.