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Re: Netflix Is Now Available Around the World

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Post by lucaspiller »

Tunecrew wrote: post #63

In 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…

> 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...

Re: Netflix Is Now Available Around the World

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Post by runn1ng »

jedberg wrote: post #62
smackfu wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'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.

Yeah the way they worded it was awkward but equally awkward would be "and the area of Ukraine known as Crimea"

What about Palestine?

...ok, I am kidding.

Re: Netflix Is Now Available Around the World

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Post by hellomc »

tracker1 wrote: post #66
atonse wrote: post #5

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.

How 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).

The 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.

Re: Netflix Is Now Available Around the World

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Post by riffraff »

LoSboccacc wrote: post #26

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.

I wish it was "in europe", but it looks like "western europe" :(

Re: Netflix Is Now Available Around the World

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Post by imh »

geoelectric wrote: post #88
rconti wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Netflix'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.

I 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…

You 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.

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Post by lucaspiller »

smackfu wrote: post #69
tracker1 wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How 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).

Around $18 per month, at current exchange rates.

A large chunk of that goes towards the broadcast infrastructure, so it could potentially be less for an Internet only version.

Re: Netflix Is Now Available Around the World

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Post by r3bl »

Aaaand... 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).

Re: Netflix Is Now Available Around the World

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Post by intopieces »

icebraining wrote: post #48
LoSboccacc wrote: post #26

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.

Yeah, 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.

You can view what is on Netflix without being a member, if that interests you:

http://netflixportugal.netflixable.com/

Re: Netflix Is Now Available Around the World

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Post by ilostmykeys »

And 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.
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