The service is now available across Africa.
During a keynote at CES 2016, Netflix Co-founder and Chief Executive Reed Hastings said: “Today you are witnessing the birth of a new global internet TV network.
“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. With the help of the internet, we are putting power in consumers’ hands to watch whenever, wherever and on whatever device.”
The internet television network which launched its streaming service in 2007 said it “is available on virtually any device that has an internet connection, including personal computers, tablets, smartphones, Smart TVs and game consoles, and automatically provides the best possible streaming quality based on available bandwidth. Many titles, including Netflix original series and films, are available in high-definition with Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 surround sound and some in Ultra HD 4K.
Naspers which owns DStv, responded to the challenge last year with Showmax.
REGIONS WHERE NETFLIX IS AVAILABLE
| Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Australian Antarctica Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin (Dahomey) Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Guyana British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) Burundi Cambodia (Kampuchea) Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Islands (Cabo Verde) Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia |
Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic Republic of Congo Denmark Djibouti Republic Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor (Timor-Leste) Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Fijian Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Haiti Heard Island and McDonald Islands Honduras Hong Kong Hungary |
Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Isle Of Man Israel Italy Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat |
Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (Burma) Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Islands Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of the Congo Réunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Saint Kitts And Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent And The Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Sint Maarten |
Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Korea (Republic of Korea) South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka (Ceylon) Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tokelau Islands Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks And Caicos Islands Tuvalu U.S. Virgin Islands (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas) Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom (Great Britain) United States United States Minor Outlying Islands (Baker Island, Midway Atoll, Wake Island) Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu (New Hebrides) Vatican City (Holy See) Venezuela Vietnam Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe |
By: CNBC Africa.
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