And yet they STILL don't have a way to filter to show only Netflix-only content...
Netflix Is Now Available Around the World
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#122It seems Iron Curtain is still alive. Still no love for Poland (nearly a 40M market).
works for me in Poland:
My setup: US iTunes account using AppleTV, IP from Poland
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#123Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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.
I am fine paying this much. Potentially. Maybe they could also sell subsets for a lower price?
You'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.
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#124Reducing 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.
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#125In 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" :(
The 444 Hungarian news portal reports it working in Hungary.
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#127Earlier 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…
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.
Yeah. My main beef with Netflix is that I'd like to just sort content based on the 5-star rating. I'll rarely want to watch something that is less than a 2.0. And I'll consider just about anything that is 4.5 and above.
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#128Earlier quoted context omitted.
The 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.
They probably can't show those globally because they've already licensed them in certain countries.
Iirc, Netflix never owned exclusive rights to House of cards. For example, the first season was on Comcast streaming as of a year ago.
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#129In 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, considering switching to Netflix US + VPN. Only decent content here (Ireland) is the Netflix Originals stuff.
Movie-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.
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#130What 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 im…
Maybe a stupid questions but what if they disrupted not just TV but also cinema?
I assume that the distribution of films around the world is more limited than we think. At some point when Netflix has a much larger subscriber base, it may make more sense for films to be released directly to Netflix for global consumption. They could even be clever about it and have it only open for "live showings" at specific hours or something like that. What do you think?
At some point I assume they will also become the channel that VR content could be sent through as well, maybe in partnership with Facebook?