Netflix CEO, and Co-founder Reed Hastings has announced that the video streaming service will now be available in 130 new countries, including Nigeria.
Hastings made the announcement during his presentation at the global consumer electronics tradeshow, CES
Netflix is a provider of on-demand Internet streaming media and with this expansion, users in Nigeria can subscribe to the service starting at $8 a month.
Stakeholders believe that the introduction of this service in the country means more competition for the established cable tv providers such as Dstv, while others are of the view that poor internet and huge data consumption might be a huge barrier tto the success of the video streaming service in the country.
Whether Netflix will give the cable tv big boys a run for their money, time will tell. Till then, let’s try to Netflix and chill.
Good news for people that don’t have local Netflix because streaming content online is much more convenient than watching DVDs etc. However, the new regions of Netflix will have a maximum number of 500 unique titles which is very low compared to US Netflix (5000 titles). If you want to get a good value for your money, you can use services like Unotelly and access all regions of Netflix. You get about 1000% more content with a minimum cost.