Netflix Movie and TV Show Country Comparison and Content Lists (finder.com.au)

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Netflix Movie and TV Show Country Comparison and Content Lists (finder.com.au)

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday January 14, 2016 @12:25AM from the compare-and-contrast dept.

SlappingOysters writes: Netflix's surprise large-scale global rollout to over 100 countries last week saw the company's huge entertainment offering appear in homes across the world overnight, however, no two countries were offered the exact same content. Finder has created a master list of TV shows and movies available for each country. There is also an interactive global map comparing each country and a comparison table that compares each country's offering to those of the USA. Last week a list of ID codes for all subgenres was released for anyone interested in narrowing down their searches.

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Things won't change by Anonymous Coward · 2016-01-14 00:31 · Score: 0

And things won't change for a while.
Until the existing rights holders can no longer afford to pay for exclusivity, all these streaming services will still lack the content that makes them as widely used as they are in the USA.
1. Re:Things won't change by Anonymous Coward · 2016-01-14 00:40 · Score: 1
  
  Sure, Try getting Team America: World Police in Vietnam. Or any movie that shows Mohammed in a bad light in Saudi Arabia. Or most movies about Hitler in Germany.
2. Re:Things won't change by danbob999 · 2016-01-14 00:55 · Score: 1
  
  What Hitler movie was banned in Germany? Der Untergang is a german movie.
3. Re:Things won't change by tlambert · 2016-01-14 02:03 · Score: 2
  
  What Hitler movie was banned in Germany? Der Untergang is a german movie.
  There are several which are banned for public exhibition, although some are permitted in media studies classes, by instructors who themselves have formal training:
  The Eternal Jew
  Jud Süss (via copyright by the F.W. Murnau Foundation)
  Mostly Germany bans only for extreme violence, although I'd really call some of their choices (like the cult classic "The Evil Dead") questionable.
4. Re:Things won't change by Tukz · 2016-01-14 02:05 · Score: 1
  
  Are the swastikas removed in the German version of "Der Untergang"?
  As far as I'm aware, it's illegal to display swastikas in entertainment in Germany.
  Hence why many games have a German version where swastikas are replaced with something else or removed entirely.
  
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5. Re:Things won't change by Applehu+Akbar · 2016-01-14 02:34 · Score: 1
  
  Gentlemen, start your VPNs!
6. Re:Things won't change by Anonymous Coward · 2016-01-14 03:14 · Score: 0
  
  Games are another beast entirely. And all interactive entertainment is a very lucrative market that's why every country is so overprotective of it. Films are art and TBH no one can catch up to Hollywood's skills, expertise and monetization. (yet...)
7. Re:Things won't change by Pallas+Athena · 2016-01-14 03:16 · Score: 1
  
  If movies are banned because of the laws of that country - well, it's up to the people of that country to decide whether that's ok. But if that would be the only - or major - reason I'm quite sure the mentioned list here would contain lots of "99%"
8. Re:Things won't change by ArmoredDragon · 2016-01-14 03:18 · Score: 1
  
  The US doesn't seem to have any "domestic content" laws.
9. Re:Things won't change by Tukz · 2016-01-14 03:20 · Score: 1
  
  Are banned books not "domestic content"?
  
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10. Re: Things won't change by Anonymous Coward · 2016-01-14 03:29 · Score: 0
  
  It's funny because in Canada , shows on our local CBC are not on Canadian Netflix, but American Netflix.
11. Re: Things won't change by Anonymous Coward · 2016-01-14 03:52 · Score: 0
  
  But individual states do...
12. Re: Things won't change by Rhipf · 2016-01-14 05:23 · Score: 1
  
  I have no idea if this is actually the case but I would assume this is due to the fact that CBC is a public broadcaster (gets funding by government) and the private Canadian content providers made some kind of fuss that it would be unfair to have the CBC license these shows (i.e. get money from Netflix for them). But since they wouldn't be competing directly with Canadian broadcasters if the CBC sells the show to Netflix US it is ok for them to be shown there?
13. Re: Things won't change by ArmoredDragon · 2016-01-14 07:26 · Score: 1
  
  Interesting, which ones? And what specific laws?
14. Re:Things won't change by ArmoredDragon · 2016-01-14 07:39 · Score: 1
  
  There don't seem to be any actual banned books in the US. We're not Germany or China.
  Generally when people say "banned books" in the US, they're referring to public schools that don't include those books in their official curriculum or libraries. However there's nothing stopping a student from acquiring and bringing their own copy.
15. Re:Things won't change by Tukz · 2016-01-14 07:47 · Score: 1
  
  Ah, thanks for clarifying,
  
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16. Re: Things won't change by Anonymous Coward · 2016-01-14 08:09 · Score: 0
  
  Best part of it all is that you can't get CBC Television in several major Canadian cities without paying for it. You'd think that with everyone footing the bill, CBC would broadcast everywhere, but instead they pretend their website counts as broadcasting. LOL!
17. Re:Things won't change by Anonymous Coward · 2016-01-14 10:50 · Score: 0
  
  Yup, in the us 'banning books' is about removing them from schools, the city/count library actually not uncommonly will have a 'banned books list' that you can look at and easily find their copy of books not available elsewhere. Of course the general population hardly makes use of it, because of the 'books are dumb' narrative passed down by hollywood, but they are there for those who want to see what all the controversy is about, & if your local library doesn't have a copy they have a system setup to get the books from other library's who do.
18. Re:Things won't change by Anonymous Coward · 2016-01-14 17:41 · Score: 0
  
  http://www.wired.com/2016/01/netflix-will-block-vpns-for-now-but-its-real-goal-is-global-tv/
Wow... look at that! by dohzer · 2016-01-14 00:37 · Score: 1

The countries that pirate the most all have matching colours on the map!
netflix should offer live feed from everywhere by Anonymous Coward · 2016-01-14 00:41 · Score: 0

trouble in toledo (under water?)? log us on so we know how to help? starvation of diaper addicts? we'd never allow that? if we could see what's going on we'd be better behaved & thoughtful towards one another?
35% by thegarbz · 2016-01-14 00:41 · Score: 3

Australia, 38.29% of the US TV shows, 34.51% of the US Movies
And in unrelated news the movie industry is dismayed that piracy is such a problem in Australia and vow to intensively litigate their way into the hearts and minds of those criminals.
1. Re:35% by AHuxley · 2016-01-14 00:53 · Score: 1
  
  Thats some powerful control by established Australian interests to keep their existing cash streams flowing.
  
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2. Re:35% by Anonymous Coward · 2016-01-14 03:49 · Score: 0
  
  Come and see what happens in central-eastern Europe:
  Macedonia: 17.29% TV - 12.19% Movies
  Bulgaria: 17.55% TV - 11.67% Movies
  Romania: 17.46% TV - 12.06% Movies
  Hungary: 14.78% TV - 11.93% Movies
  Czech Republic - 17.29% TV - 12.17% Movies
  People are a bit dismayed this corporation plans to sell this much at those prices.
3. Re:35% by Luthair · 2016-01-14 04:08 · Score: 1
  
  Worth noting that regions often have different content, particularly non-english regions.
4. Re:35% by Anonymous Coward · 2016-01-14 11:52 · Score: 0
  
  Thats some powerful control by established American interests to keep their existing cash streams flowing.
  FTFY
5. Re:35% by mjwx · 2016-01-14 12:59 · Score: 2
  
  Australia, 38.29% of the US TV shows, 34.51% of the US Movies
  And in unrelated news the movie industry is dismayed that piracy is such a problem in Australia and vow to intensively litigate their way into the hearts and minds of those criminals.
  To be 100% fair, it's piss easy to watch American or British Netflix in Oz. This alone has dropped piracy rates significantly. Most people only need to pirate Porn and Game of Thrones these days.
  
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6. Re:35% by thegarbz · 2016-01-15 02:18 · Score: 1
  
  I know we sometimes spell the word colour (color) a bit funny and you don't understand when our neighbours (neighbors) gets something from the boot (trunk) of their 4-wheel-drive (SUV), but it's not that hard to translate Yanky (English) into Auzzie (English) mate (person I don't know).
  And yes, regions often have different content, typically because someone with more money than God doesn't feel like their current 4 Ferraris* adequately compensate their lack of manhood.
  *I'm just joking. Rupert Murdoch gets driven in a Rolls Royce.
7. Re:35% by Luthair · 2016-01-16 07:14 · Score: 1
  
  I'm Canadian, so I also spell it colour (except when coding, as it won't compile....)
  My point is mostly that most regions have their own local content available via netflix. (Except for Canada, because dumbasses sold out and decided it would be easier to just rebroadcast US TV.)
8. Re:35% by thegarbz · 2016-01-16 22:35 · Score: 1
  
  I'm willing to bet that desire for local content would be a minority in english speaking countries. Sure few people in the USA would complain about a lack of a bollywood back catalogue but frankly a lot of content is quite universal. Like Red Dwarf, Yes Minister and oh I don't know... GAME OF THRONES!
It had to be said. by RghtHndSd · 2016-01-14 00:47 · Score: 1

Fuck Madagascar.
1. Re:It had to be said. by penguinoid · 2016-01-14 03:30 · Score: 1
  
  Fuck Madagascar.
  Oh, that's been said, repeatedly, by anyone who's ever played one of those "infect the world" games.
  
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Underwhelmed by Netflix by dskoll · 2016-01-14 00:52 · Score: 5, Interesting

I've had Netflix (Canada) for a few months and I am completely underwhelmed. Even the USA library of 4593 movies is completely pathetic. A decent video store (yes, there is one where I live) will have at least 15,000 to 20,000 titles and often up to 40,000.
I understand that the licensing terms make it impossible for Netflix to have such an extensive library, but they and the content producers need to work out something or people will start abandoning them and going back to the old-fashioned way of streaming movies... illegally or quasi-legally.
1. Re:Underwhelmed by Netflix by hjf · 2016-01-14 01:15 · Score: 2
  
  or people will start abandoning them and going back to the old-fashioned way of streaming movies... illegally or quasi-legally
  No, they won't. "People" never streamed anything illegally. "People" never downloaded movies. My dad watches netflix, but he gets AIDS on his computer trying to download a program. If i teach him about torrents he'll probably blow his computer up somehow.
  A small fraction of people download illegally. Netflix users are an overwhelming majority. Even with "as easy to use" alternatives like Popcorn Time, which are free and WAY more extensive.
2. Re:Underwhelmed by Netflix by Rob+Lister · 2016-01-14 01:20 · Score: 2
  
  I can always find something worthy on Netflix. And the price is right. It's hard to complain.
3. Re:Underwhelmed by Netflix by 110010001000 · 2016-01-14 01:46 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  A video store? Do you stop by it on your way home from the arcade in your Firebird?
4. Re:Underwhelmed by Netflix by mridoni · 2016-01-14 01:52 · Score: 1
  
  A video store? Do you stop by it on your way home from the arcade in your Firebird?
  I do, but only if I can find a phone booth along the road to call my office and check that my fax has been sent.
5. Re:Underwhelmed by Netflix by Anonymous Coward · 2016-01-14 02:36 · Score: 0
  
  Wasn't Popcorn time busted?
6. Re:Underwhelmed by Netflix by Wycliffe · 2016-01-14 02:57 · Score: 1
  
  I can always find something worthy on Netflix. And the price is right. It's hard to complain.
  Finding something worth watching (however you define that) is not the same as finding what you want to watch. My kids and I want to watch specific movies. Redbox with it's extremely limited selection blows netflix out of the water when it comes to wanting to watch the latest movie. For TV shows, amazon's selection is pretty good IF you're willing to pay $2 per episode (which most people aren't). Luckily for me, my local library carries most tv shows and between redbox and the library I can cover most of what I want to watch. I've considered getting netflix by mail to cover the remaining 20% but it's too slow and too expensive. I think netflix streaming and netflix by mail could both benefit by getting rid of their flat rate. As I don't watch a lot of movies, a mail service where I paid the shipping and then paid $2/month/title rental would be a much better deal for me than $8/month. Something like that would also allow the customer to mail back 5 at a time, request 5 at a time, etc.. to cut costs. But back to the main point, streaming still sucks and even on old releases it can't compete with amazon prime where you can buy many movies for $5 and keep them as long as you like and then sell it back when you're done.
7. Re:Underwhelmed by Netflix by present_arms · 2016-01-14 02:58 · Score: 1
  
  Nope, they are alive again :)
  
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8. Re: Underwhelmed by Netflix by Anonymous Coward · 2016-01-14 03:04 · Score: 0
  
  Haha yeah... Not sure where you come from but.. Netflix is the best gig going.. I've never personally seen a video store with more than say... 1-2 thousand videos.. But by all means.. I have not seen this video store you've got nearby but.. The shelving you would need to hold 40,000 titles would probably be equivalent to a Walmart super center. I haven't seen an outlet in 5+ years.. And the last one I saw had probably less than 500 titles.. And the biggest one I've seen had probably no more than 2000. I just.. Have a really hard time believing a dead buisness model could support the real estate and upkeep costs of a Walmart super center sized movie collection.. Straight up nonsense
9. Re: Underwhelmed by Netflix by Anonymous Coward · 2016-01-14 03:20 · Score: 0
  
  Netflix can't keep a family fully entertained in definately.. No question. But the convenience that streaming(not just Netflix ofcourse) offers is second to none. You just turn it on and press play. At a very fair price point. I grew up in a small town where we payed 4-8 dollars for a rental for 2 nights. Now I pay 11 bucks a month for Netflix (the extra couple bucks is for access to 4k content and extra users). If Netflix doesn't fill the void... You should honestly get off the couch and re-evaluate your lifestyle. On a less rude note.. You can easily as somebody mentioned get free rentals from most library's or supplement with something like Hulu. Which.. Even at 8-11 bucks.. Added to Netflix.. Is still much much cheaper than a cable package (atleast in canada) and provides you with good content rather than Kim Kardashians last ass plant reality TV show. Among other things, Canadians and Americans alike love to complain about corporations.. Well.. Netflix is one of the few good ones championing our rights online to cheaper Internet, better service. For that reason alone they will be getting my money until they are no longer doing buisness.
10. Re:Underwhelmed by Netflix by ArmoredDragon · 2016-01-14 03:26 · Score: 2
  
  Try using sickrage and CouchPotato, combined with either deluge or rutorrent, with Plex as a front end (has a roku app, if pc is too hard.) Basically impossible for him to install malware, especially if he uses a streaming set top.
  Sickrage is awesome by the way. Works much like a DVR, just tell it what shows you want and it fetches the episodes as they air. Only it's better than a DVR because the commercials are removed before you begin watching.
11. Re:Underwhelmed by Netflix by argStyopa · 2016-01-14 03:44 · Score: 1
  
  "will start abandoning them and going back to streaming..."
  That's a very optimistic use of tense there, Mr (or Ms) dskoll.
  
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12. Re:Underwhelmed by Netflix by swb · 2016-01-14 04:17 · Score: 1
  
  What's obnoxious about the lack of movie content isn't just that there's little there, it's how Netflix floods the movies that are there with the most atrocious, D-list content imaginable and then plays games to make browsing the content extremely difficult in order to mask how little there is to watch.
  Amazon Instant isn't a lot better, but lately I've been noticing more quality movie titles on Amazon Instant than Netflix.
  When HBONOW became available I subscribed and while their movie content is smaller, the quality level is so much higher. I would seriously consider dropping Netflix (except for the disc service, which I still use) if my son didn't find a bunch of stuff to watch on there. We already axed cable to the lowest basic level (it's the only viable ISP), so cutting Netflix would put me on the TV shitlist at home.
  The NY Times reported they have something like 25 straight days (as in 25x24 hours) worth of original content coming within the next year, maybe that will help, but I feel like they're pretty much scraping the bottom of the barrel of what content they're able to license.
13. Re:Underwhelmed by Netflix by Infiniti2000 · 2016-01-14 04:55 · Score: 1
  
  Ha! You just whacked me with a good dose of nostalgia.
14. Re: Underwhelmed by Netflix by PPH · 2016-01-14 05:24 · Score: 1
  
  Scarecrow Video claims a library of 120,000 titles.
  
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15. Re: Underwhelmed by Netflix by Wycliffe · 2016-01-14 05:38 · Score: 1
  
  If Netflix doesn't fill the void... You should honestly get off the couch and re-evaluate your lifestyle.
  Actually, I would argue the exact opposite. If all you're doing is filling the void then you're doing it wrong and and need to get off the couch and re-evaluate your lifestyle. I watch only about 2-3 total hours of tv/movies/shows combined on a heavy week and I am very selective about what I watch. I don't want to just "fill the void". I want to actually pick what I'm watching not just fill the void which is why netflix is a horrible mismatch for me. Amazon is a little better as I have a better selection but I find $2/episode a bit steep even for my limited watching that's why my suggestion was that netflix ditch the unlimited for the people like me that don't want to binge watch 100 hours a month but would be fine pay $1/hour to watch movies if it meant that I actually got a good selection to choose from.
16. Re:Underwhelmed by Netflix by Anonymous Coward · 2016-01-14 05:39 · Score: 0
  
  Streaming services broadly mirror the hierarchy that existed before the Internet.
  Time was a movie went to theaters, then to rental, then became available for purchase, then may be aired on TV.
  Now, a movie goes to theaters, then becomes available to purchase or rent on the per title services like iTunes or Amazon, then may become available on the "all you can eat" services like Netflix or Amazon Prime.
  Similarly, shows on "premium" cable channels, are first appearing on that channel's service, then later making it to the buy/rent services, and sometimes making it to the all you can eat services much later.
  This is probably not going anywhere as there's more money to be made exploiting the people who want newer content (and will pay for it) while also raking in smaller amounts from the people who are more sensitive to price than age when consuming content than there is making all conetnt availabe for the lower prices that will attract the people who aren't concerned with watching stuff that came out a couple years ago.
  Comparing Netflix to a video store, is a bit unfair as they don't charge per title so really they're more like the cable movie channels. Especially now that they're investing in their own content which are analogous to the "made for TV movie" category.
17. Re: Underwhelmed by Netflix by epine · 2016-01-14 05:47 · Score: 1
  
  Scarecrow Video claims a library of 120,000 titles.
  My local video store, which last updated it's count at 10,000 (this might have been more than a decade ago) has 99% of all movies I've ever wanted to watch. In rare cases, there have been some insular, self-congratulatory documentaries about the movie industry that they don't stock that my inner movie geek had decided I wanted to watch.
  Another case was where the movie had only ever been released on VHS. Their VHS copy died after fifteen years and they refused to replace it with another VHS.
  That's about it. My 1% failure rate over the 500 movies I've wanted to rent there amounts to roughly five thwarted titles. On Netflix Canada, I suspect I'd be getting a cutely rendered "404 Thwart On" message at least 40% of the time.
18. Re:Underwhelmed by Netflix by nuckfuts · 2016-01-14 07:38 · Score: 1
  
  Agreed. It's disheartening to see from the list that Haiti gets more shows than Canada.
19. Re:Underwhelmed by Netflix by brewthatistrue · 2016-01-14 09:25 · Score: 2
  
  Agreed.
  Someone else made an insightful comment about netflix a while back.
  When the movie studios realized Netflix was giving the consumer what they wanted, they demanded a bigger piece of the pie and the Netflix catalog dried up.
  Ever since, Netflix they've been filling it with junk documentaries and B-movies.
  Netflix abandoned their fancy recommendation algorithm because it was simpler to just recommend based on popular and trending titles. And there's no point recommending something isn't in the catalog. Would you like to see a B-movie that tries to pass itself off as an A movie with cover art?
  https://www.techdirt.com/blog/...
  https://flowingdata.com/2012/0...
  All that said, Netflix is the best out there. $7.99 for netflix, or $11.99 for hulu without ads.
  I am not aware of any other mainstream competitors for flat-fee all-you-can-view offerings.
20. Re:Underwhelmed by Netflix by swb · 2016-01-14 09:58 · Score: 1
  
  I am not aware of any other mainstream competitors for flat-fee all-you-can-view offerings.
  Amazon is a reasonable challenger -- a lot of Netflix catalog overlap, and their original programming is nearly on par with Netflix, maybe better depending on your tastes. They also don't seem to have as many of the licensing problems that Netflix has that hinder their selection; they seem to have a slightly better catalog of films. And you get all the other benefits of prime,which these days are nothing to sneeze at -- lots of cloud storage, their cloud music, and cheap, fast product delivery.
  I can't tell you the number of times I've been hornswaggled by a Netflix movie that sounded good but ended up being awful. At this point its only streaming value seems to be the TV catalog (which isn't truly awful) and the original series, which have mostly been good.
  At this stage, if I lived without the Greek Chorus of wife and son complaining about their inability to "just watch TV" I'd probably ditch Netflix completely and just buy stuff I knew I would like. I might check Amazon instant for series, but I'm really kind of tired of the selection/quality decision paralysis of streaming.
21. Re:Underwhelmed by Netflix by Anonymous Coward · 2016-01-14 10:04 · Score: 0
  
  Don't you just hate it when work pages your beeper while out on a smoking date at laserquest?
22. Re:Underwhelmed by Netflix by Anonymous Coward · 2016-01-14 10:55 · Score: 0
  
  yes, but the code was released in the wild (its open source) and others have picked up the torch and continued. You just need to get an updated copy to have it pull in information from a working source. Its a bit of a game of wak-a-mole
23. Re:Underwhelmed by Netflix by Anonymous Coward · 2016-01-14 11:10 · Score: 0
  
  I understand that the licensing terms make it impossible for Netflix to have such an extensive library
  How? There are only about 8 major studios which account (directly or through a subsidiary) for almost all movies: 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros., Paramount, Columbia, Universal, Disney, MGM, UA
24. Re:Underwhelmed by Netflix by neurojab · 2016-01-14 11:39 · Score: 1
  
  >I understand that the licensing terms make it impossible for Netflix to have such an extensive library, but they and the content producers need to work out something or people will start abandoning them and going back to the old-fashioned way of streaming movies... illegally or quasi-legally.
  Not really, no. Think of Netflix as a provider of exclusive content and curated, rotating third party content for a low monthly price. It's more akin to HBO than a video store. IMO most people that have Netflix understand that. For the "video store" model to make economic sense, it pretty much has to have a la carte pricing per show or movie. Guess what? iTunes, Amazon, and Google Play are all doing that and it's 100% legal.
  Personally I don't think that netflix streaming has to be a video store. I'm quite happy with what I'm getting now for the price. That said, it wouldn't shock me if someday they launch a parallel streaming service with a la carte pricing.
25. Re: Underwhelmed by Netflix by Rob+Lister · 2016-01-14 11:57 · Score: 1
  
  Actually, I would argue the exact opposite.
  Utopia is a real bitch. :)
  
  But regardless, you can't blame Netflix for that. Maybe they don't have exactly what you want but I'm pretty happy with them. I also have HBO Now. I used to subscribe to Hulu but I cancelled because between Netflix and HBO, I had more excellent content than I or my wife could possibly watch.
  
  I cut our cable about a year ago with the price reached $100 a month. We watched about 4 or 5 of the 100 or so channels. Never looked back. Haven't seen a commercial since.
26. Re:Underwhelmed by Netflix by mjwx · 2016-01-14 14:04 · Score: 2
  
  A video store? Do you stop by it on your way home from the arcade in your Firebird?
  I'm pretty sure you need a DeLorean to get to a video store these days.
  
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27. Re:Underwhelmed by Netflix by antdude · 2016-01-14 17:44 · Score: 1
  
  Same on Vudu, Amazon, iTunes, etc. It's like you need all of them! :P
  
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28. Re: Underwhelmed by Netflix by mattack2 · 2016-01-15 08:20 · Score: 1
  
  I cut our cable about a year ago with the price reached $100 a month. We watched about 4 or 5 of the 100 or so channels. Never looked back. Haven't seen a commercial since.
  OK, I can't honestly say I *haven't* seen a commercial.. But cutting the cord has absolutely nothing to do with not seeing commercials. It's been easy to avoid commercials with DVRs for >15 years, and with VCRs for easily a decade before that.
  (...and nowadays, DISH has some automatic commercial skipping, and Tivo has a newly released, but I think it's currently still being rolled out--I have it--, commercial-skipping feature for a specific set of shows/channels.. I get it on a LOT of shows. You have to hit a key on the remote at the beginning of the commercial break, but that's still better than 30 second skipping through it. I've only seen it mess up seriously ONCE (jump way into the program).)
  I'd gladly pay for a DVR-less On Demand-like system, if it were commercial free. Heck, I'd pay MORE than regular cable for the commercial free version. Yes, I know about Hulu's recent commercial free option, but the # of back episodes apparently varies and you don't know when a show is going to expire. I accept/understand that licensing deals change, so I'd hopefully be able to (optionally) sort a specific series/season BY EXPIRATION, so I would make sure to watch that one before it expires. I'd also like something I admit relatively few probably would want, is play-faster-than-realtime. I've done it with podcasts as long as it's been there, and used to do it with an external hard drive/dvd recorder. Tivo finally added QuickMode, which is only 30% faster, but still useful for talk shows & news shows. (I watch other things in VLC on my iPad at close to 2x.. game shows, etc.)
29. Re:Underwhelmed by Netflix by KGIII · 2016-01-15 08:30 · Score: 1
  
  I have Netflix and Hulu+. I don't think I've actually used either in the past year. :/ My kids use 'em but they're adults and I know they have enough money to pay for it themselves. Ah well... I'll probably continue to pay for them. I think my son mentioned that he'd somehow added Showtime to Hulu (yeah, I let the buggers get away with anything) and he seemed pretty content with that. I mostly stream documentaries where i find them... I've got like 15,000 in my YouTube queue alone.
  
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Have a look at the by Anonymous Coward · 2016-01-14 01:14 · Score: 1

iStreamGuide App from the people at https://whatsnewonnetflix.com/ and you can see that comparing the number of shows and movies is not enough to evaluate Netflix offerings in various countries. E.g. to take one of the latest new arrivals the Librarian TV movies can only be viewed in Denmark, whereas the movie The Lost World: Jurassic Park only runs in Central and South Americsn countries.
"False" image of Netflix in Belgium by Anonymous Coward · 2016-01-14 02:09 · Score: 0

In reality Belgium come off much worse than what this list shows, reason being that lot of content is only available in one of the the tow major languages, French and Dutch. For example the vast majority of Asian titles available are only offered with French subtitling and many US block busters are only available with Dutch subtitles. While in theory Belgians know both French and Dutch, quite a few are anything but comfortable with their secondary "native" language making this a very real problem, one should also not forget the large share of immigrants both from inside and outside of EU that in most case only will know one of the two languages, in my case Dutch meaning that all that Asian cinema and Anime titles I would love to watch is of zero value to me. It would very interesting to see the same data taking subtitling options into account.
1. Re:"False" image of Netflix in Belgium by Anonymous Coward · 2016-01-14 02:24 · Score: 0
  
  Should perhaps have added that there's a third official language, German with about 0.4-0.5% of the population having it as their first langauge.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Belgium
A recipe for piracy by Anonymous Coward · 2016-01-14 02:42 · Score: 0

There is very close correlation between countries with a low offer of content and those with highest piracy rates. Anyone could thing that the reason piracy is rampant in some countries could be the lack of a complete and competitive commercial offering. However, the usual response from content holders and media moguls is about making even less content available in those countries and include even more draconian DRM... Even when those things made people choose the piracy route to begin with.
Alan Rickman Dies at 69 by Anonymous Coward · 2016-01-14 03:10 · Score: 0

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Encoding challenge by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · 2016-01-14 05:31 · Score: 1

> ID codes for all subgenres was released
Intergenerational lesbian love stories? There's Desert Hearts, and Loving Annabelle, and Losing Chase, but that one was frustration and suck as the denoument for the buildup was ruined when a kid walked in 10 seconds too early, and two new movies out this year, but won't be on Netflix for a while.

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Where the hell is the USA listing? by Anonymous Coward · 2016-01-14 06:07 · Score: 0

As someone who has tried over the years to research what tv shows and movies are available on Netflix to make it worthwhile, I have been unable to find a listing for the USA. Netflix site does not list it. The only suggestion or direction I ever get is "Sign up for the Free Trial to find out!" No. Show me the goods and I'll consider giving the money.
"Check out the full list of available movies and TV shows on Netflix in every country at www.finder.com/global-netflix-library-totals" Nope. No USA.
1. Re:Where the hell is the USA listing? by Pseudonymous+Powers · 2016-01-14 06:29 · Score: 1
  
  I have been unable to find a listing for the USA. Netflix site does not list it. The only suggestion or direction I ever get is "Sign up for the Free Trial to find out!" No. Show me the goods and I'll consider giving the money.
  Yes, I have always found this frustrating as well. No doubt there is some dumb reason for this in whatever contracts they sign with the rights-holders, but I find it hard to imagine how this policy benefits anyone. It's like shopping for ham at pig-in-a-poke.com.
2. Re:Where the hell is the USA listing? by SlappingOysters · 2016-01-14 14:05 · Score: 1
  
  I have been unable to find a listing for the USA.
  Hi Guys, Here you go for those USA lists - TV SHOWS = http://www.finder.com/netflix-... And MOVIES = http://www.finder.com/netflix-...
3. Re:Where the hell is the USA listing? by Anonymous Coward · 2016-01-15 05:20 · Score: 0
  
  AC from above.
  Thank you!!! I'm sharing this with about 10 people right now who have had the same questions I have and will not sign up with Netflix without knowing this stuff first. Actually, Netflix should thank you. I'm sure their subscriber number is going to increase as I pass along this information!
USA doesn't have the full catalog by todorb · 2016-01-14 06:29 · Score: 1

the USA catalog has most titles by count, but not all others are subsets of it. check out https://www.smartflix.io/ , a proxy service that improves netflix tremendously. they are using data from this search engine http://unogs.com/ .
hum by Anonymous Coward · 2016-01-14 10:56 · Score: 0

The problem with movies on Netflix especially in the U.S is quantity over quality, too many B-Movies and knock off's. The $6 billion Netflix and Disney deal will only benefit Netflix overseas not here in the U.S since it's the biggest movie market and I doubt the film industry will pass the opportunity to squeeze as much revenue as possible. Sorry, but dvd's, blu-rays, cable still viable solutions and wont ever be replaced by streaming services. You can go with youtube but who wants to rent a movie for $2.99 - $20.00 just to watch it within 24 hours?
I don't feel sorry for Netflix for being screwed by the content owners since they don't listen to their customers anyway. Look at their slow, jumpy, web site. I can even use the "Netflix Queue Sorter" script anymore and there is no other way to sort except by dragging which is jumpy and extremely time consuming.
oh boy by Anonymous Coward · 2016-01-14 10:59 · Score: 0

Better to convert your dvd's and stream theme within your home network.