Canada finally gets Netflix

Jacqueline DiOrio 21 Jul, 2010 at 5:31pm ET Article published in Tech

Residents of America’s frozen cousin to the north have a reason to rejoice today, as Netflix has just announced their expansion into Canada. Canadians will be able to stream unlimited movies and TV episodes to computers and TVs starting this fall.

This marks Netflix’s first foray into the market outside of the U.S., as well as the first streaming-only service. Customers of Netflix will not be able to order movies by mail, but must view them over the internet. The Canadian service is also only available in English for the time being, but Quebec citizens need not be alarmed—French will be added over time.

Those interested in using the Canadian Netflix can sign up at to www.netflix.ca and will receive a notice when the service becomes available.

Comments

21 Jul 2010 ~ 5:49pm Thrax Everything that has transpired has done so according to my design.
22 Jul 2010 ~ 12:40am GooD Good news

Its nice to see them think about Quebec people too

I live in Quebec and i speak french but I only listen movies in French when its a complicated story and that i don't want to miss a word. Otherwise i watch movies in English to practice but more importantly because there's nothing better than the original sound track of a movie :P

Thankx for sharing this news !
22 Jul 2010 ~ 5:26am DrLiam This is great news eh!
22 Jul 2010 ~ 6:19am Obsidian Canadians didn't have Netflix? How have you people survived for so long?
22 Jul 2010 ~ 7:35am CB

Obsidian wrote:

Canadians didn't have Netflix? How have you people survived for so long?

Video rental stores haven't all gone out of business up there yet.
22 Jul 2010 ~ 8:14am Optix

Obsidian wrote:

Canadians didn't have Netflix? How have you people survived for so long?

Beer.
22 Jul 2010 ~ 9:39am lunchb0x

Optix wrote:

Beer.

And hockey. Let us not forget hockey.
22 Jul 2010 ~ 9:44am AlexDeGruven

lunchb0x wrote:

And hockey. Let us not forget hockey.

And toques. Can't do anything in Canada if you're not wearing a toque, eh?
22 Jul 2010 ~ 9:50am lunchb0x

AlexDeGruven wrote:

And toques. Can't do anything in Canada if you're not wearing a toque, eh?

At the Tim Horton's right?

/me 's Canadian Stereotypes
22 Jul 2010 ~ 12:04pm Annes How did hockey get mentioned and not curling?
22 Jul 2010 ~ 12:20pm spin498 "Canadians didn't have Netflix? How have you people survived for so long?"

PirateBay
22 Jul 2010 ~ 1:17pm Cliff_Forster Anything with a Strange Brew reference is FTW in my book.
22 Jul 2010 ~ 11:04pm Optix

lunchb0x wrote:

At the Tim Horton's right?

* lunchb0x 's Canadian Stereotypes

Beaver.

Not a stereotype but I just felt like saying it. It's the junior high kid in me but it's somewhat relevant...kind...
23 Jul 2010 ~ 1:40am MrTRiot

CB wrote:

Video rental stores haven't all gone out of business up there yet.

There's a blockbuster store every 10 blocks.....
23 Jul 2010 ~ 3:21am ardichoke

Optix wrote:

Beaver.

Not a stereotype but I just felt like saying it. It's the junior high kid in me but it's somewhat relevant...kind...

There's a junior high kid in you? I thought that was illegal in most states...
23 Jul 2010 ~ 10:46am AlexDeGruven

ardichoke wrote:

There's a junior high kid in you? I thought that was illegal in most states...

No, I think that's only a problem if it's the other way around.
Yes, I'm already aware I'm a horrible person, but thanks for noticing
23 Jul 2010 ~ 1:24pm GooD LoL
23 Jul 2010 ~ 8:42pm spin498 And I see that one of Canada's largest ISP's, Rogers, which I unfortunately use, has changed their broadband plans in preparation of jamming it's customers.
23 Jul 2010 ~ 10:15pm MrTRiot

spin498 wrote:

And I see that one of Canada's largest ISP's, Rogers, which I unfortunately use, has changed their broadband plans in preparation of jamming it's customers.

Rogers has always openly throttled there customers for years. If you yell enough at there customer service reps they'll give you the number for the "Office Of The President" aka the man in charge. They'll tell you flat out if you don't want to be throttled, switch to a different ISP....

I went with Teksavvy and even though Bell throttles them since they're whole sale customers there's a way around Bell's throttle. It's called MLPPP using a program called Tomato...

Check them out. They're USUALLY pretty decent....even give you step by step customer support for beating Bell's throttle :thumbup

Check out my ISP blog for more details...

*goes back on topic now*

Netflix sucks!!!!