Netflix to go live in 130 new countries. Includes Russia, India and South Korea - Polidicks

[quote]Las Vegas, January 6, 2016 -- Netflix launched its service globally, simultaneously bringing its Internet TV network to more than 130 new countries around the world. The company made the announcement -- and the service went live -- during a keynote by Co-founder and Chief Executive Reed Hastings at CES 2016. “Today you are witnessing the birth of a new global Internet TV network,” said Hastings. “With this launch, consumers around the world -- from Singapore to St. Petersburg, from San Francisco to Sao Paulo -- will be able to enjoy TV shows and movies simultaneously -- no more waiting. With the help of the Internet, we are putting power in consumers’ hands to watch whenever, wherever and on whatever device.” 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. While largely available in English in most new countries, Netflix today added Arabic, Korean, Simplified and Traditional Chinese to the 17 languages it already supports.[/quote] [url]https://media.netflix.com/en/press-releases/netflix-is-now-available-around-the-world[/url] Only countries they are explicitly saying aren't in are the following [quote]Netflix will not yet be available in China, though the company continues to explore options for providing the service. It also won’t be available in Crimea, North Korea and Syria due to U.S. government restrictions on American companies.[/quote]

They should probably update this page to reflect the new changes [URL="https://help.netflix.com/en/node/14164"]https://help.netflix.com/en/node/14164[/URL]

So they're basically expanding to the rest of the planet.

Finally.

Netflix, now in north korea! With only the interview on streaming. and team america.

R.I.P TV - January 6th, 2016 [editline]6th January 2016[/editline] I can't even express how happy I am, I've been waiting for this for so long.

Netflix usually only has a few good shows/movies, the rest are just sleeping material and keeping kids entertained [editline]6th January 2016[/editline] and chill

I doubt this'll make as much of a difference as it seems to Americans / Brits etc. cause a lot of the world has slow and/or metered internet connections

Netflix is incredible, glad its finally spreading out across the globe.

I hope we get some good Russian shows with subtitles. They've got some great WW2 movies.

if i pay for the standard subscription can I watch in 1080p? or is that the "ultra-HD" thing premium offers

Maybe they should focus on letting us non-americans actually get content on Netflix before they focus on shipping it broader. Netflix is pretty useless here because it never has the movie you want to see, making you pirate it anyways.

And of course I can't get the ps vita app because I borrowed my vita to a friend who gave it to her little brother and he updated the system so the package installer doesn't work really great.

I guess they're getting pretty scared of what is going to pop up with truly decentralized projects allowing free content distribution without barriers.

Finally. [QUOTE=Naarkie;49469533]I doubt this'll make as much of a difference as it seems to Americans / Brits etc. cause a lot of the world has slow and/or metered internet connections[/QUOTE] Russia has decent infrastructure and I dare to say eastern Europe has faster and cheaper internet than most of US. These are big markets where nothing like this ever existed.

I like Netflix's international offerings, specifically that they've got korean dramas

[QUOTE=Kecske;49470176]Finally. Russia has decent infrastructure and I dare to say eastern Europe has faster and cheaper internet most of US. These are big markets where nothing like this ever existed.[/QUOTE] A lot of the smaller eastern European countries have top fucking notch infrastructure and speeds compared to the US/UK

I'm buying a subscription, even better now that my internet's actually unlimited

[QUOTE=Kecske;49470176]Finally. Russia has decent infrastructure and I dare to say eastern Europe has faster and cheaper internet than most of US. These are big markets where nothing like this ever existed.[/QUOTE] Countries with bad infrastructure will start seeing a push for better infrastructure once video streaming catches on more heavily. Keep in mind in a lot of 3rd world countries people's primary means of accessing the internet is through 3/3.5 G phones and not through actual computers or fixed line networks. (i.e. usually more competition, easier to upgrade etc)

[QUOTE=icarusfoundyou;49470198]Countries with bad infrastructure will start seeing a push for better infrastructure once video streaming catches on more heavily. Keep in mind in a lot of 3rd world countries people's primary means of accessing the internet is through 3/3.5 G phones and not through actual computers or fixed line networks. (i.e. usually more competition, easier to upgrade etc)[/QUOTE] Assuming we're past dialup tech, upgrading a wireless tower is a hell of a lot more complicated and expensive than wired connections.

[QUOTE=Donkie;49470118]Maybe they should focus on letting us non-americans actually get content on Netflix before they focus on shipping it broader. Netflix is pretty useless here because it never has the movie you want to see, making you pirate it anyways.[/QUOTE] Blame it on local licence holders. Probably someone in Sweden owns the rights to the distribution and won't allow it to Netflix

[QUOTE=Levelog;49470243]Assuming we're past dialup tech, upgrading a wireless tower is a hell of a lot more complicated and expensive than wired connections.[/QUOTE] Harder than laying new cable to each house? That sounds odd, then again I don't know much about network infrastructure.

[QUOTE=Kecske;49470176] Russia has decent infrastructure and I dare to say eastern Europe has faster and cheaper internet than most of US. These are big markets where nothing like this ever existed.[/QUOTE] We already have some alternatives, like Zabava and Amediateka. But if Netflix manage to get good shows with acceptable translation, it will be great.

[QUOTE=Kecske;49470336]Harder than laying new cable to each house? That sounds odd, then again I don't know much about network infrastructure.[/QUOTE] With half decent DSL tech you don't have to lay new cable to the houses to provide decent streaming capable speeds. You just have to upgrade to the node.

[QUOTE=Donkie;49470118]Maybe they should focus on letting us non-americans actually get content on Netflix before they focus on shipping it broader. Netflix is pretty useless here because it never has the movie you want to see, making you pirate it anyways.[/QUOTE] Yeah this. They now introduced it here in Hungary but as far as i know, nothing is available in Hungarian or even Hungarian subtitles, so if you don't speak English you are fucked. Also 3 out of 5 people here don't even know what Netflix is, as far as i know none of my friends really do either.

Fuck yes, I've got Netflix now. I just hope the catalog won't be shit. [editline]6th January 2016[/editline] God I wish Top Gear v2 would be on netflix and not amazon prime

[QUOTE=Naarkie;49469533]I doubt this'll make as much of a difference as it seems to Americans / Brits etc. cause a lot of the world has slow and/or metered internet connections[/QUOTE] Pretty much entire Europe has decent connections, what are you on about? If anything, home networks in Britain have proved to me that infrastructure there, and especially support, lacks in lots of regards.

[QUOTE=Saphirx;49470115]if i pay for the standard subscription can I watch in 1080p? or is that the "ultra-HD" thing premium offers[/QUOTE] Ultra HD is 4K

[QUOTE=proboardslol;49470184]I like Netflix's international offerings, specifically that they've got korean dramas[/QUOTE] I like their foreign films, but I think they're greatly lacking in old HK cinema.

[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;49470192]I'm buying a subscription, even better now that my internet's actually unlimited[/QUOTE] I remember the time i had limited internet with it's speed dropping to 56k on exceeding some small amount of traffic like 2 gb or so. I also remeber my first unlimited internet with a hilarious speed of 128kbps. This all seems so far away now. Anyway, nice to see it coming.