Netflix

This Sunday is Valentine’s Day and forget long walks on the beach, it seems Aussie’s would prefer to ‘Netflix and chill’ instead. A recent Netflix study of Australians, shows that 71 % have added TV shows or specific movie genres to their dating/social media profile to attract a potential suitor.   Naturally you’ll want to have things in common with your partner and simlar likes in...

Dear Netflix, Welcome to Australia. Like many of you, I’ve been a Netflix subscriber for a couple of years now and prior to today’s Australian availability, I was forced to pretend I was American. Thanks to a DNS, the bits coming from my router, appeared as if the originated in the US. It’s estimated that hundreds of thousands of Aussies fell in love with...

This week will see the media streaming giant, Netflix launch in Australia. We’ve known the date for a while (March 24th) but pricing and the local catalogue of shows has remained a mystery. That is until now, thanks to a /user/jimmux on Reddit, we get some early information. Obviously without official confirmation from Netflix, things could change, but he claims he was able to...

We’ve known Netflix was on it’s way to Australia for some time, but this morning we’ve had official confirmation of a launch date. From March 24th, 2015 Australia and New Zealand will get their first (official) taste of movie and tv streaming service, Netflix. Netflix will be available on all major Australian broadband operators however customers of iiNet, the nation’s second-largest DSL Internet provider, will...

During CES earlier this month, I had a chance to sit down with Netflix and tap their minds about the entertainment and video industries, and discuss some upcoming changes that will roll out later this year. Netflix says we’ve spent a decade adding more pixels to displays, but there’s a far more important technology that’s about to change the game. At CES2015 the...