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