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Internet Streaming Firm Netflix Expanding To The Caribbean
Published:Friday July 8, 2011 | 9:14 am0 Comments
LOS GATOS, California, CMC – The Internet on-demand media distributor, Netflix, is to launch streaming services in 43 Caribbean and Latin American “later this year”, the firm said here.
Subscribers in there region will be able to access American, global and local TV shows and movies in Spanish, Portuguese and English, the company added.
Netflix, currently available only in the US and Canada, allows subscribers to watch video content over a Web connection on computers, mobile devices, game consoles and televisions connected to set-top boxes.
“We feel great about being able to offer the same combination of convenience, choice and value to people in Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean,” said Jessie Becker, the company’s vice president of marketing.
Netflix’s expansion into the Americas is the latest step in the growth of the 14-year-old company which began as a DVD mail order rental service and has become a significant player in the fast-growing streaming media industry.
Netflix, which penetrated the Canadian market last year, now has more than 23 million subscribers in North America, the company said.
The new markets will be provided a streaming-only service rather than the DVD mail rental operation which Netflix said was costlier to operate. By 2007, when Netflix began its on-demand streaming service, the company had already passed its billionth DVD delivery.
Published:Friday July 8, 2011 | 9:14 am0 Comments
LOS GATOS, California, CMC – The Internet on-demand media distributor, Netflix, is to launch streaming services in 43 Caribbean and Latin American “later this year”, the firm said here.
Subscribers in there region will be able to access American, global and local TV shows and movies in Spanish, Portuguese and English, the company added.
Netflix, currently available only in the US and Canada, allows subscribers to watch video content over a Web connection on computers, mobile devices, game consoles and televisions connected to set-top boxes.
“We feel great about being able to offer the same combination of convenience, choice and value to people in Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean,” said Jessie Becker, the company’s vice president of marketing.
Netflix’s expansion into the Americas is the latest step in the growth of the 14-year-old company which began as a DVD mail order rental service and has become a significant player in the fast-growing streaming media industry.
Netflix, which penetrated the Canadian market last year, now has more than 23 million subscribers in North America, the company said.
The new markets will be provided a streaming-only service rather than the DVD mail rental operation which Netflix said was costlier to operate. By 2007, when Netflix began its on-demand streaming service, the company had already passed its billionth DVD delivery.
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