Netflix Plans World Domination With 130-Country Expansion

Coming six years after Netflix first went worldwide (into Canada), and three years after it shocked the industry with its original series House of Cards, the global play shows just how quickly the start-up became a powerhouse.

“While you have been listening to me talk, the Netflix service has gone live in almost every country in the world except China”, Netflix Co-Founder and CEO Reed Hastings announced during his keynote speech.

While some potential members may welcome the arrival of Netflix as a global distribution network, the company may underestimate the importance of locally produced programming.

“Today you are witnessing the birth of a new global Internet TV network”, said Hastings. Netflix has also added Arabic, Korean, simplified and traditional Chinese to the 17 languages it already supports.

The expansion will allow Netflix – previously available in the Americas, Western Europe, Japan, Australia and New Zealand – to flicker on across 190 countries, including Russia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Antarctica and India, where plans start at 500 rupees, or about $7.48, a month. A total of 31 new and returning original series are coming to Netflix this year. Gerstein Fisher boosted its position in shares of Netflix by 435.9% in the third quarter.

For Netflix, the expansion is driven by a desire to tap into a vast market for Internet television and a growing appetite among consumers to watch TV shows whenever they want, without commercials.

Netflix is now available on virtually any device that has an internet connection and more than a thousand connected TV models, according to Hastings, who added that the company leads other platforms in 4K content creation and HD titles.

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“We’re mindful of where the internet is being regulated”, Sarandos said. “It’s a very dynamic situation for foreign media companies and foreign media ownership in China”. “We’re looking forward to bringing great stories from all over the world to people all over the world”.

The streaming service also “won’t be available in Crimea, North Korea, and Syria due to USA government restrictions on American companies”.

“We expect that Netflix is a household level purchase, and that sharing with members of the household is a reasonable thing to do”, he said.

But the company has drawn more scrutiny from investors in recent months because of slower-than-expected subscriber growth in the U.S. The slowdown is expected to be reflected in the company’s fourth-quarter results, which will be released this month. Mizuho restated a hold rating and issued a $115.00 price target on shares of Netflix in a research note on Monday, September 21st.

“The real question is: how much bigger does that number have to get to continue to grow subscribers?”

“For one thing, pricing is just lower”.