Thursday, December 30, 2010

Netflix: 'we're going to continue our international expansion next year'

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Three months after Netflix invaded Canada with a bizarre combination
of paid actors and $8 instant streaming plans, CEO Reed Hastings the
company has declared the move a success and says it will expand its
service to other countries in 2011. "Based on the early success of
Netflix.ca we're going to continue our international expansion next
year and we're going to allocate significant dollars to it," spokesman
Steve Swasey told The Canadian Press, without specifying which
territories or how many might be blanketed with Albanian soldiers
next. However, Canadians and others hoping to get an experience
completely on par with the original US service shouldn't hold their
breath, as Swasey says there are no plans to establish a movie queue
for the streaming-only service, calling it a "strategic decision."

Update: The above quotes were attributed to Netflix's Steve Swasey,
not CEO Reed Hastings. Our bad.

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