Netflix Launches In 130 New Countries, Including India But Not China
U.S. movie streaming giant Netflix just dropped the hammer and opened its service in 130 new countries, including India and Russia — but crucially not China. These new markets take Netflix, which claims 70 million customers, to more than 190 countries worldwide. The surprise reveal came at CES 2016, where the company had expected to announce its long-awaited entry into India. Well, it did that, and then some. The move was unexpected since Netflix had slowly been building its coverage up over recent years, foraying into Asia Pacific for the first time in 2015 . Now, it has just opened its service up in some of the world’s largest countries — including India, Russia and Indonesia — just like that, coming good on its previously communicated aggressive global expansion plan . There was plenty of speculation last year about whether the company would enter China. Netflix was reportedly in talks with Alibaba about a potential partnership, but that alliance seemed less like