Streaming pioneer Netflix significantly expanded its global footprint to 190 countries, making its Internet TV service available in 130 new markets including Bangladesh.
The company made the announcement on Wednesday—and the service went live—at CES 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Netflix, which began as a mail-order DVD service but is now producing award-winning original content alongside its offering of older shows and movies, launched in 2007. Now, 70 million subscribers pay a monthly fee for unlimited service.
According to NetFlix website, members with a streaming-only plan will be able to watch instantly through the Netflix service from the regions listed below. The movies and TV shows that are available to stream may vary by location, and will change from time to time, it added.
AFP adds: “Today you are witnessing the birth of a new global Internet TV network,” co-founder and chief executive Reed Hastings said at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
“With this launch, consumers around the world—from Singapore to St. Petersburg, from San Francisco to Sao Paulo—will be able to enjoy TV shows and movies simultaneously—no more waiting.”
“While you have been listening to me talk, the Netflix service has gone live in nearly every country in the world except China, where we hope to be in the future.”
Netflix noted in a statement that it “continues to explore options for providing the service” in China, the world’s most populous country, where the government censors online content it deems to be politically sensitive.
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Published by the Editor on behalf of Independent Publications Limited at Media Printers, 446/H, Tejgaon I/A, Dhaka-1215.
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