They have a lot of competition in India. Plus most new movies in India pop up on satellite within months of there theatrical release. Lets see what happens to Netflix.
Honest question, what are commercial interruptions like in India? Here in the US it's almost unbearable once you get used to Netflix/SVOD. Streaming has permanently changed what I'm willing to watch and commercials are a killer.
Its high time Netflix be open to India, as there is dire need for such a service there. Recently I was in India for a few months and I missed Netflix there a lot.
More than the bandwidth the Fair Usage Policies (data limits) will be tested. Rumors are that Netflix plans to tie up with ISPs to not count Netflix usage towards their data limits.
It seems another quagmire in the already complicated FreeBasics (Internet.Org)/Zero Rating/Net Neutrality discussions in India.
It also launched in 130 countries like Russia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Indonesia. China is held back for now but the keynote said they plan to launch there soon. The prices are pretty much the same in the US - Basic 500/- INR (no HD, 1 screen), Standard 650/- INR (HD, 2 screens) and Premium 800/- INR (UltraHD, 4 screens).
In terms of the Indian market, the price points might be a bit higher but it mostly targets the segment of the Indian population that buys Netflix subscriptions and use VPN to watch the uncensored shows (TV is heavily censored in India). VPN sales are going to take a hit in the India too after this news.
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[ 3.6 ms ] story [ 35.1 ms ] threadThis is more informative: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-netflix-india-idUSKBN0UK24...
https://live.theverge.com/live-reed-hastings-netflix-keynote...
Its high time Netflix be open to India, as there is dire need for such a service there. Recently I was in India for a few months and I missed Netflix there a lot.
Not really, the link points to netflix/in but since you might be out of India it changes to your country.
It seems another quagmire in the already complicated FreeBasics (Internet.Org)/Zero Rating/Net Neutrality discussions in India.
In terms of the Indian market, the price points might be a bit higher but it mostly targets the segment of the Indian population that buys Netflix subscriptions and use VPN to watch the uncensored shows (TV is heavily censored in India). VPN sales are going to take a hit in the India too after this news.