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Re: Netflix Is Now Available Around the World

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Post by dagw » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 9:38 PM UTC

dirkdk wrote: post #199

flixic wrote: post #112

enjoy Netflix original series including Marvel’s Daredevil and Marvel’s Jessica Jones, Narcos, Sense8, Grace and Frankie, and Marco Polo House of Cards notably missing. Lithuanian here, great that we have it now, but have no idea why House of Cards is not available.

ha yah, and that is a great series. Too american?

Netflix sold the overseas distribution rights to House of Cards back before they decided to bet on international expansion, so they don't own the rights to that show in all countries any more.

Re: Netflix Is Now Available Around the World

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Post by DasIch » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 9:38 PM UTC

e28eta wrote: post #7

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.

Netflix doesn't have the streaming rights for their own content in some countries because they have sold that to others in the past at least temporarily.

Re: Netflix Is Now Available Around the World

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Post by fredliu » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 9:42 PM UTC

djloche wrote: post #222

worried_citizen wrote: post #183

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Along the same line of questioning what's to stop Netflix from packing up bags and moving to GCE/Azure?

Cost. Switching would cost a ton of time and money, which is probably better spent in securing streaming rights for popular shows, creating their own shows, and marketing to increase their subscriber base.

Agree, switching is so costly, and IMHO given Netflix's current profit margin, which is not that high, I doubt they can afford to replace aws with a full in-house solution.

Re: Netflix Is Now Available Around the World

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Post by intopieces » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 9:47 PM UTC

SyneRyder wrote: post #197

petke wrote: post #172

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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'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)

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.]

You might try using a VPN. I used to work for a VPN provider. This was the main reason our customers used our service.

Re: Netflix Is Now Available Around the World

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Post by shortstuffsushi » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 9:47 PM UTC

BHSPitMonkey wrote: post #224

toomuchtodo wrote: post #123

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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.

How does that explain the cable industry?

IMO, that's the same problem as paying $50 plus for a console or pc game, but refusing to pay for apps on your phone.

Re: Netflix Is Now Available Around the World

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Post by izacus » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 9:48 PM UTC

dasil003 wrote: post #116

smackfu wrote: post #67

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Essentially NetFlix is paying their producer partners for worldwide rights, while conventional US networks only pay for US rights, and the producers sell the other country rights separately. But I'm not sure any of the partners in the conventional setup have a reason to change. US networks don't care about worldwide rights. Producers don't care who is paying them for the rights. Other country networks like having con…

Having spent the last 8 years of my life building a streaming film company that has from day one streamed globally and dealt with this patchwork of rights issue, I can tell you one reason: Other than China and India, no other market is as big or insular as the US. In Europe people travel across borders and speak multiple languages all the time, and yet it's like pulling teeth to put together multiple regional subtitl…

Well, to be fair, Netflix STILL switches subtitle language when I cross the border making me stuck with german subtitles on everything even though I'd prefer english :/

Re: Netflix Is Now Available Around the World

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Post by geoelectric » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 9:48 PM UTC

ansible wrote: post #127

geoelectric wrote: post #88

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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…

At least they now let you view movies by basic category in the embedded clients, as opposed to whichever dynamic lists they decided to promote that day. Baby steps, I guess.

I'm with you that I'd like to sort/filter by rating, though I also recognize that tends to cause a snowball effect where you're either popular early or never watched at all.

Re: Netflix Is Now Available Around the World

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Post by losteric » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 9:49 PM UTC

munificent wrote: post #206

jsmeaton wrote: post #182

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Maybe it'll force Hollywood to pay actors far far less. Harrison Ford was paid somewhere between 10 and 25 million (probably towards the lower end of that scale). Flipping the question a little bit, how do you justify paying actors 40 million for a movie if they're being streamed online for $5 a pop? I'm of the belief that the better actors are paid far too much and that releasing cinema to streaming services will co…

> Flipping the question a little bit, how do you justify paying actors 40 million for a movie if they're being streamed online for $5 a pop? This is basic supply and demand. Harrison Ford has a monopoly on Harrison Ford, so if you want Harrison Ford, you have to pay what Harrison Ford wants for it.

Maybe this will give all the not-Harrison Fords a better chance. A lot of the A list is about hiring tried and true great actors... but you can get 80% of Harrison Ford for much less than 80% of his current asking price.

Much like making music, filming technology is already commoditized at the entry level... it's distribution costs that remain high (hard to reach a large audience without massive ad $$, known actors, and an established publisher). Netflix would seriously disrupt that, boosting "indie" film making in the same way that Spotify / youtube / myspace / etc seriously boosted non-mainstream music. We still have A-list musicians but the long tail is seeing far more success than before.

Re: Netflix Is Now Available Around the World

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Post by vilius » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 9:49 PM UTC

After hearing the news clicked on the notification centre and saw this: http://cl.ly/2O26070b3z0S -- NFLX +9,31%

It got me thinking how does this work? Surely people working at Netflix knew that this was coming. Are they allowed to buy stocks with such insider knowledge? Are they buying?

Even someone like me with zero knowledge in stock markets would assume this will have a positive impact on the stock price.

Re: Netflix Is Now Available Around the World

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Post by geoelectric » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 9:50 PM UTC

rconti wrote: post #194

geoelectric wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

Right, I agree. I was referring to the parent mentioning "the Netflix you all talk about". That Netflix is changing every day. I used to use Netflix to ship me DVDs, then I protested the Qwikster move by switching to streaming-only, which was great for movies (for awhile) but has been shifting to TV content. To be honest, I don't use Netflix much, but the value I get is still worth the $8/mo. Some months I don't use…

canistream.it is you? Or you mean you reimplemented it?

I do use that site quite a bit. It's very useful.