Netflix officially coming to Australia and New Zealand on March the 24th, House of Cards season 1-3 - Polidicks

[QUOTE]The long-awaited local launch of the TV and film streaming service Netflix has been confirmed for March 24. The US-owned Netflix will launch its Australian and New Zealand services on the same day. Its flagship program will be the highly anticipated third season of House of Cards, but the Netflix service will offer programming from various sources, including Beyond, Roadshow, the US network ABC and the Disney company. One of its key assets, acquired via its Disney library, will be streaming rights to the box-office hit Frozen. It also has a large suite of "Netflix Originals" such as the television series Marco Polo, and a handful of new series, including Bloodline, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Marvel's Daredevil. "Many Aussies and Kiwis have heard a lot about Netflix over the years, and we're excited they'll get to experience our unique blend of Netflix original content, local series and films, and popular movies and TV shows," the company's chief executive, Reed Hastings, said. [B]The company has also confirmed a deal with the Australian ISP iiNet and Optus under which its customers will not have Netflix-streamed content count against their "home data caps".[/B] The service will also be carried on smart TVs from Samsung, LG, Sony, Panasonic, Philips and HiSense, game consoles such as Playstation 3 and 4, Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Xbox One, and Nintendo's Wii U, Apple TV, Google Chromecast and Fetch TV's second-generation set-top box. Speaking exclusively to Fairfax Media last month, Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos said streaming TV services were successful because they played to the human instinct for "freedom and control". "The idea of giving people choice and freedom from their schedule is very human," he said. "If you think about it, of course it works. It appeals to something all human beings want which is freedom and control."[/QUOTE] [URL]http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/netflix-confirms-australian-launch-date-of-march-24-house-of-cards-and-frozen-to-headline-20150303-13t95m.html[/URL] This makes Netflix the 3rd streaming service to launch in Aus, the other two are Presto and Stan

I love how they put home data caps in quotation marks since it's such a foreign concept to non-Australians :v:

I don't see how this will work very well with our shit Internet.

[QUOTE=Novangel;47248724]I love how they put home data caps in quotation marks since it's such a foreign concept to non-Australians :v:[/QUOTE] data caps seem to exist everywhere else but the US which is sad

No Netflix for me I guess :v: Shit my merge

[QUOTE=coldud13;47248732]I don't see how this will work very well with our shit Internet.[/QUOTE] I can stream shows fairly well on any quality and I have moderately shit internet, it'll hurt more for people who live out in the country

[QUOTE=fruxodaily;47248733]data caps seem to exist everywhere else but the US which is sad[/QUOTE] Data caps everywhere but US? The only countries I heard about having data caps are Russia and USA

[QUOTE=Dark RaveN;47248742]Data caps everywhere but US? The only countries I heard about having data caps are Russia and USA[/QUOTE] Iceland also only had data caps until like this year that we finally can switch to a cap-less ISP.

Australia has ISP's with "no cap", but they're generally shit because of A. Lack of Peering and/or B. Hardcore 24/7 downloaders.

[QUOTE=fruxodaily;47248733]data caps seem to exist everywhere else but the US which is sad[/QUOTE] They exist here too

Hopefully we get the same shows at the same rate as America. And hopefully this isn't expensive as hell.

[QUOTE=Dark RaveN;47248742]Data caps everywhere but US? The only countries I heard about having data caps are Russia and USA[/QUOTE] And Canada, because Rogers. At least Shaw out in the western half of Canada doesn't really give a shit if you go over your cap, unless it's something crazy.

I've never used Netflix in my entire life, is it any useful? I mean say Better Call Saul was shown last night on Monday on AMC, would it appear on Netflix next day?

[QUOTE=Dark RaveN;47248742]Data caps everywhere but US? The only countries I heard about having data caps are Russia and USA[/QUOTE] Canada has terrible data caps. [editline]3rd March 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=wickedplayer494;47252652]And Canada, because Rogers. At least Shaw out in the western half of Canada doesn't really give a shit if you go over your cap, unless it's something crazy.[/QUOTE] Caps should be illegal, I know people with a cap that's under 100GB. Too bad the CRTC is corrupt as fuck.

[url]https://www.telstra.com.au/broadband/home-broadband[/url] 50GB for $73 AUD (57 USD) a month :). I'm lucky to be with TPG myself, unlimited $60 AUD. Unfortunately our communication minister has done a fine job of making sure our fixed line speeds won't be improving much for the next decade or so, won't be seeing too much 4K movies on Netflix any time soon. Been a Netflix customer for a while now through a VPN. [quote=arleitiss;138888]I've never used Netflix in my entire life, is it any useful? I mean say Better Call Saul was shown last night on Monday on AMC, would it appear on Netflix next day?[/quote] No unfortunately not, from my experience. Supposedly Hulu is better for up-to-date TV shows but I haven't had the service myself.

[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;47252652]And Canada, because Rogers. At least Shaw out in the western half of Canada doesn't really give a shit if you go over your cap, unless it's something crazy.[/QUOTE] I swear Rogers must be funding the CRTC; I don't know how they exist still when they buy out a shit tonne of useless services, have the worst coverage in Canada, and customer service the likes of Comcast.

I wonder if Telstra will double netflix usage on caps, to try and convince people to get Foxtel.

Fuck yeah Optus, they're pretty great if you're in a capital city [QUOTE][I]unique blend of Netflix original content[/I][/QUOTE] How about we just get what everyone else gets?

Yeah it'll be crap due to how content gets moved over here. A lot of people here are already on the US version and I wouldn't expect them to willingly move to the NZ version.

They better not charge us some retarded price for subscription. Is Netflix actually any good?

[QUOTE=mr apple;47255079]They better not charge us some retarded price for subscription. Is Netflix actually any good?[/QUOTE] US one is. Lots of stuff there which is more convenient than getting it through other avenues.

[QUOTE=LuaChobo;47255293]what is licensing[/QUOTE] A dumb, out-dated system for media distribution

[QUOTE=LuaChobo;47255454]when it comes to distribution its a clean way to organize who gets what, unless you can figure out a new system tough shit[/QUOTE] How about "if you're willing to pay, you can have it" Fuck regional licensing for digital content. Period.

I really hope this hurts Foxtel in one way or another.

[QUOTE=SeneorGoat;47259633]I really hope this hurts Foxtel in one way or another.[/QUOTE] unless there is a really big of selection that destroys stan and presto along with foxtel, then probably not too much but trust telstra to try their absolute hardest to outbid shows and movies from netflix so they get exclusive showings on presto/foxtel

[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;47252652]And Canada, because Rogers. At least Shaw out in the western half of Canada doesn't really give a shit if you go over your cap, unless it's something crazy.[/QUOTE] I can confirm Shaw doesn't really care unless you really blow past your cap by an absurd amount. For instance our cap is 500gigs and because I download and stream a lot we blew past 1TB in one month. It was only then did they go "Hey, what the heck are you doing?" and even then they didn't do anything about it. For the longest time I didn't even know they had a cap because they were so passive about it.