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Re:After Netflix crackdown on border-hopping, Canadians read... by detaro on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @10:02AM (#11571909)
Simple: They sold exclusive rights in quite a few countries to TV networks before they expanded there.
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Re:After Netflix crackdown on border-hopping, Canadians read... by michaelbuckbee on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @10:13AM (#11572007)
Not disagreeing, but it still seems odd as the Netflix Original Content is the big carrot to get people hooked into their ecosystem.
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Re:After Netflix crackdown on border-hopping, Canadians read... by messick on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @01:09PM (#11573672)
"Netflix Original Content" doesn't really mean anything anyway. Better Call Saul is "Netflix Original Content" in every country but the United States, even though they had nothing to do with getting it made. They just bought the non-US rights: http://promo.xfm.co.uk/bettercallsaul/images/970x250_backup_...
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Re:After Netflix crackdown on border-hopping, Canadians read... by talmand on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @03:15PM (#11574713)
They do the same thing here in the US or I guess Netflix is creating a large number of foreign movies and TV shows.
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Re:After Netflix crackdown on border-hopping, Canadians read... by boyter on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @04:51PM (#11575507)
Not in Australia. Better Call Saul is on a Netflix competitor called Stan.
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Re:After Netflix crackdown on border-hopping, Canadians read... by detaro on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @10:21AM (#11572073)
I can only assume they didn't plan to expand this quickly and would have lost a lot of money by adding "in case we are in this market by then" clauses to the contracts. But yes, it certainly leaves a strange impression.
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Re:After Netflix crackdown on border-hopping, Canadians read... by sdm on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @08:03PM (#11576823)
Just because something is "Netflix Original Content" in one country doesn't mean it's "Netflix Original Content" in another. For example "The 100" is "Netflix Original Content" in Canada but in the US it's not -- it's distributed by some TV network.
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