The streaming service Netflix is now in the United Kingdom and Ireland to use. Subscribers pay 6 pounds per month for unlimited streaming. Expansion to other European countries is likely to last.
In the United Kingdom cost a subscription of 6 pounds per month; in Ireland, where the euro is used, subscribers 7 euro per month aftikken. This makes the service more expensive than in the United States, where a subscription is $ 7 per month costs: according to the current dollar exchange rate 5,49 euro.
The Dutch and Belgians who hope that the service to the European mainland, must be patient. In a letter to shareholders from October, writes the company that the wait with further international expansion until the company is profitable again. Netflix expects the expansion to Ireland and the United Kingdom in the first instance, more money than it yields, making the company loss going to suffer.
Or the Netherlands and Belgium on the schedule if the company is in the plus state, is unclear. Spokesman Steve Swasey of Netflix has Tweakers.net let them know that the company has no announcements. As an extension to the European mainland on the planning state, are large countries such as Spain, Germany and France probably before the turn. Because these countries a larger market, is localization there more attractive.
Previously expanded Netflix to Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean. Netflix began as a videoverhuurdienst who used the post for sending and series of films. In 2007 the company began offering films and tv series via streaming video. This is now possible via pcs, set-top boxes, game consoles, and tablets.
Although the service is not officially in the Netherlands and Belgium is available, users can regioblokkade work around with a vpn connection. The company checks not or the credit card used or comes from a country where the service is available.