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Netflix launches in Canada
By Jesse Hollington
Applications Editor, iLounge (Google+)
Published: Wednesday, September 22, 2010
News Category: iPad, iPhone, Apps + Games
Netflix has officially launched its online streaming rental service and application for iOS devices in Canada, providing Canadian users with instant, on-demand access to a variety of movie and TV show content from the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. Originally released for the iPad earlier this year, the Netflix app added iPhone and iPod touch support in August but remained available only in the U.S. With the launch of Netflix in Canada the same universal Netflix application is now available to Canadian App Store customers. The app allows Netflix members to stream TV shows and movies over either Wi-Fi or 3G from the Netflix catalog and browse and manage their Netflix queue from within the app. Viewing status is automatically synchronized with the Netflix service to allow users to continue watching a movie or TV show on another device from where they left off. The second-generation Apple TV scheduled to ship later this month is also expected to include Netflix support. Netflix 1.1 is available from the U.S. and Canadian App Stores as a free download. An Netflix unlimited subscription is required to use the app; an introductory one-month trial is available for Canadian users at http://www.netflix.ca.
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I just signed up for the free trial. Seems like selection in Canada is very limited. Most of the TV shows are A&E shows, very few top shows like Lost, The Simpsons, etc. The shows come up with a search but are labelled as “not available”. Movie selection seems mediocre as well.
Not sure how this compares the the U.S. selection.
Posted by BrennerM on September 22, 2010 at 10:05 AM (PDT)