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Netflix has come a long way since it started as a mail-order DVD rental service. It has largely been responsible for dragging television into the online world and its dozens of original productions such as House of Cards and Orange Is The New Black have helped it win a huge global audience.
Last year its programming became available in another 130 countries, bringing the total to more than 190.
But Netflix faces increasing competition from online rivals such as Amazon and Hulu, while television networks start to launch their own streaming services and make new shows available in binge-ready box sets.
Sky Atlantic, for example, has made all six episodes of the new drama Guerrilla - starring Idris Elba, Freida Pinto and Babou Ceesay - available to stream, meaning viewers will not have to wait a week for their next fix.
Growth of US subscriptions, which account for almost 60% of Netflix's revenue, has also slowed.
Can Netflix conquer the Cable TV industry by re-inventing itself as what amounts to a cable company?
(Score: 2) by nobu_the_bard on Tuesday April 18 2017, @01:39PM (1 child)
Their VPN blocking isn't perfect. I'm not sure what it is based on, I'm guessing it is based on IP tracking, but my VPN to my home proxy currently seems to work.
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Tuesday April 18 2017, @09:39PM
My theory is that if the same IP range is shared by many "VPN'ers" then they will eventually learn about it and plug the hole. If instead the IP address or range is for your private. There aren't other users who can give it away.
It's like.. hmm 50 subscribers to this IP in the middle of the night in a range belonging to "Tunnels Inc". Gee wonder what that can be.. ;)