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Netflix Teams With LG For 'Prepaid' Streaming Worldwide (engadget.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the watching-everywhere dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Netflix CEO Reed Hastings announced at CES that the service had gone live in 130 additional countries including India, Russia, and Saudi Arabia. He called the expansion "the birth of a global TV network." Partnering with LG, the company hopes to expand its reach by providing prepaid access worldwide. China remains the most notable holdout for the streaming service but Hastings is hopeful saying, "We are continuing to work on that and we are very patient."

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  1. Netflix vs Hulu, Amazon, etc. by U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Netflix is available in a lot of countries.

    Hulu and Amazon are only available in a handful of countries and their list doesn't even include Canada.

  2. Don't they own House of Cards? by Torp · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Apparently it's not available in the newly opened 130 countries... or at least in some of them.

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    1. Re:Don't they own House of Cards? by Torp · · Score: 4, Interesting

      I haven't started the free trial yet, but the comments of people who did that in Romania are... disappointing.
      Their flagship isn't available, the old movie collection is limited too... 3 titles for each of de Niro, Pacino, and other great actors?

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  3. LG? by jetkust · · Score: 4, Interesting

    OK, I read both articles and I still don't have a clue what LG has to do with any of this. What are they doing again?