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Netflix ready to take off, eh? Streaming movie service heads to Canada
If we use heat as a metaphor for access to streaming movies, Canada really IS the frozen north. No access to Hulu and Netflix means a hard life for film-hungry Canadians. Hulu will have to wait, but Netflix has announced it's launching in Canada this fall. If you're in Canada and you want to be notified when Netflix is available, you can sign up now at netflix.ca. Canada should be getting Netflix on all of the service's existing platforms, including the mobile apps.
Netflix has never expanded outside the U.S. before, so this might be good news for more than just Canada. There's no word yet on which (if any) other countries will be next, but I assume there's plenty of demand elsewhere in the world.
Netflix also hasn't announced prices in Canada, but the cost should be similar to the U.S. plan: $8.99/mo for streaming. Yep... less than five twoonies!
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Subscribe to commentsNickJul 19th 2010 2:28PM
This service is basically useless with the tiny little caps us Canadians receive from our ISPs and the cell phone carriers. After a few movies in a month I would be scared of hitting my cap and forget about watching it on a mobile device.
ekaJul 19th 2010 3:31PM
that's awesome! thanks for sharing
Tired_Jul 19th 2010 3:57PM
They didn't say anything about DVDs by mail. Streaming is nice and all, but if I'm paying for it, I want the DVDs, too.
Yes, I know I could get DVDs from another company like zip.ca, but I don't want to pay two bills.
MuzikgodJul 19th 2010 8:52PM
wonder if it will be coming to xbox live finally for us canadians but with the cap we're hit with by our service providers really sucks, just like Nick says.
JennJul 20th 2010 9:58AM
Awesome! Even if it is streaming only its a step in the right direction. Now I am glad i switched to teksavvy with their 200B/month bandwidth cap :)
Using a currency convert, we Canadians may pay around $10 (which isstill a LOT cheaper than tv services here.). 8.99 USD = 9.49273 CAD.