I love Netflix! I pay them a fair sub, they don't advertise at me, I get to watch some shit hot TV.
This current score also assures that the new Star Trek TV (streaming-only in USA), is gonna be a big success.
Netflix has won the rights to stream the new Star Trek television series. The new series will be shown on CBS's streaming platform in the United States and Canada. Netflix has picked up streaming rights for the rest of the world, plus rights for the entire Trek-on-tellie back catalog. Don't get too excited: kids these days …
agree. got rid of the virgin tv service earlier this and just use Netflix and downloads - saving about £50 PM and missing nothing.
A huge side benefit also is my 8 year old doesn't see any ads for crap on a Saturday morning any more - a price well worth paying for.
Now if any kindly soul out there wants to tell me what smart DNS service is currently working and flying under Netflix radar so I can access the US site again, I would be much obliged, all my usual suspects over the last 6 months have gone.
Why block paying users even if they're from other regions?
Heck, if my South African Rands are good enough for them, then they should allow me to watch what I want, not dictate to me that I can watch X, Y, and Z but not A, B and C whilst the rest of the world+dog can watch from A up to Z without any restrictions.
Kind of boggles the mind....
Scotty! Beam me up!
It only boggles minds that can't be bothered to do even the most basic research into the long standing issue of territorial licensing/distribution agreements which have been with us since LONG before streaming services exposed more consumers to the latest reasons to complain about the matter.
This is also the reason that the Amazon store in country "A" won't ship every item in their inventory to every country. There are some goods which the distribution agreement with their suppliers prohibit them from shipping overseas. If Amazon/Netflix/et al broke the terms of those agreements then the rights holders making money from the distribution/licensing agreements would take their business elsewhere.
The agreements are what limit the consumers access to the goods and services. Abiding by and enforcing the terms of those agreements is what enables the stores/service providers to continue to supply those goods and services.
That's why.
You just have to be *in* that country.
There I was, using VPN to get at Netflix UK while not realising that Netflix.fr works perfectly and Netflix happily allows me to use it.
Of course, the shows are different in may cases (Modern Family is available here for instance, 6 seasons worth), whilst it disappeared in the UK, at least as of 3 months ago when I was last there.
The Star Trek news is great, being of an age to have enjoyed all if it first time around.
And, this just in, for those Making A Murderer fans, a new series, on Netflix of course. They *must* have more evidence of wilful corruption, framing or possibly even innocence, intriguing to say the least.
Netflix has only just increased my payment from £6 per month, talk about good value, and it beats that crap out of Amazon, which is horrid, un-share-able rubbish that only comes reasonably priced if you buy a lot of stuff from Amazon and think Prime is therefore worth it. Buying a lot of stuff from Amazon is an expensive way to get telly for sure.
Now they have dropped the WinPhone app, I will use them even less on general principle. Jesus, even 3 or 4% of the total phone market is millions of devices and almost everyone uses Amazon. They could maintain the app for what amounts to *millions* of possible customers.
I suppose if they made a UWP and thus covered WP10, it would be reasonable since the number of WP8 phones is going to reduce over time, especially if MS bit the bullet and got the port to work for the 920/925/1020 group of phones. Go ON MS, do it! Just a few little issues with the SOC, fix 'em and make those folks happy.
Oops, I appeared to have slightly drifted off topic, where was I? Oh yeah...
Go Netflix!, keep us happy, more like this.