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 NETFLIX OFFICIALLY AVAILABLE IN MALAYSIA, Finally. No DNS needed

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happyking4ever
post Jan 8 2016, 08:48 AM

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QUOTE(HMMaster @ Jan 8 2016, 07:25 AM)
How is the Asian content (chinese, japanese, korean) on Netflix? A lot or limited/old?
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Seems limited to me. iFlix has more.

This is the list I found of US NetFlix. Malaysia list is expected to have a lot less.

http://usa.netflixable.com/2016/01/complet...-thu-jan-7.html
happyking4ever
post Jan 8 2016, 08:49 AM

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QUOTE(pcomet @ Jan 7 2016, 11:25 AM)
Anyone tried out the UHD content? Wonder if its working with 10mbps line....
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Soyacincau has a writeup on the expected bandwidth required for each quality tier.

25Mbps for UHD unfortunately.

http://www.soyacincau.com/2016/01/07/netfl...u-need-to-know/
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post Jan 10 2016, 07:25 AM

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QUOTE(X_F@cT0R @ Jan 9 2016, 02:08 AM)
i thought Homeland are only available on Hulu not netflix  hmm.gif
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Homeland currently available on iFlix. Just to show that it is possible to get broadcast rights on this one.
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post Jan 10 2016, 08:06 AM

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QUOTE(X_F@cT0R @ Jan 10 2016, 07:55 AM)
already checked on netflix that Homeland are available to stream but must change the region to Canada or UK first
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Maybe Hulu get an exclusive in USA then.
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post Mar 7 2016, 05:12 PM

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QUOTE(greyshadow @ Mar 7 2016, 05:09 PM)
It's a game of cat & mouse between those smart dns provider and Netflix.

Netflix will blacklist certain smart dns IPs from their servers, hence blocking out the smartdns services until the provider change their dns to a new IP

then again, once Netflix detected a new dns IP, blacklist and block again

provider change IP again, Netflix block again, change, block, change, block.... doh.gif

till provider ran out of IPs to change, Netflix wins doh.gif

So enjoy your smartdns while you can, sooner or later it gonna get blocked again doh.gif
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Actually Netflix loses when people unsubscribe. Hopefully Netflix thinks like Google and just put up an act of complying only.
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post Mar 8 2016, 11:39 AM

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QUOTE(greyshadow @ Mar 8 2016, 08:17 AM)
They don't care if some unsubscribe tongue.gif

IMO those will unsubscribe due to region blocking is just small amount, negligible loss to them

Majority of their users are US based anyway, and most international users are still depending on local contents.

So yeah, very minimal financial impact on them

Getting sued by those licensing company or license holders are a lot more costly for them.
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Netflix cannot even offer their own self made content fully to our region.
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happyking4ever
post Mar 9 2016, 10:01 AM

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QUOTE(voncrane @ Mar 8 2016, 09:26 PM)
Its all LICENSING!!... Think TM's Hypptv vs Astro... Astro has broadcasting rights for EPL games in Malaysia... Without express permission from Astro, no other company/individual can legally offer the same content within Malaysia, without getting sued and losing cash in the process.

Take House of Cards Season 4, I'm guessing either TM or RTL CBS Entertainment HD (under Hypptv) has broadcasting rights; rights that were probably sold to them before Netflix expanded to Malaysia and now can't be offered by Netflix. Could also be some other restriction in place (cough gove..m..net..cough). So yeah, to those thinking about unsubscribing and all that... I've got news for you:
1. Netflix offers a full 30 day trial period.. Pretty generous if you ask me... So test, if you don't like... Quit! That's the point of a trial period...
2. The inbound revenue from amount of people threatening to or down right quit, is wayyyyyy less than it would cost for Netflix to fight just one court case. Reputable international law teams do NOT come cheap.
3. Most major DNS services offer a trial period, so use that to test out your devices before dropping cash. Also, if your are technical enough, free working DNS servers are readily available on the internet. Sorry, please don't PM me about this... smile.gif . As it's not a one time thing.
4. The entertainment industry is big business.. Big media control is a thing ... Netflix has been dealing with licensing restrictions etc for years, so they know their stuff... One only needs to see that the amount of Netflix-owned shows & movies have been on the increase. This is them, trying to regain control... It'll take awhile.
5. There's always iflix... whistling.gif
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No one is broadcasting House of Cards Season 1 now and yet Netflix cannot offer their very own content. How long those licensing deal going to last? No one broadcasts also cannot offer.
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Already watching Netflix btw, with ahem unblocking (fingers crossed).
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post Mar 9 2016, 02:59 PM

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QUOTE(greyshadow @ Mar 9 2016, 10:03 AM)
HoC S1 - S3 is on Netflix MY bah...
am I missing something here? hmm.gif
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Got? Need to double check again then. Last time I remember could not find it when Netflix first launched.
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post Jan 10 2018, 02:33 PM

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all this talk about netflix buffering and slow might be the outcome of net neutrality being revoked. anyway was using amazon video during that time and it was smooth. i constantly switch between various video services bcos there is no point to pay for all while your time to watch is limited.


 

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