Australian Apple TV Owners Gain Access to Netflix Channel, Service

Just tested this and it is working for the US netflix.

I have been swaping my location back and forth on the iTunes store from Australia to US just for the App to show up. (on Apple TV)

Now there it is under Australia and it is working fine. (I am using a vpn service to access this)
Now to sign up for the free Australian trial and compare the 2 services...

 

What vpn service do you use? I thought netflix was blocking user with vpn services

 

It's also available on the App Store. Finally!

 

They said content would be better in Canada too when they came here and we're still waiting for that to happen!

 

They never did that. I think there was a spoof article suggesting they would do it.

 

Just a note to everyone thinking 14.99 is expensive for Netflix, Australia's minimum wage is a lot higher than here in the US... In US dollars, it's 14.81.

 

Socialists! We here in the greatest country at the center of this flat Earth demand the freedom to ensure that McDonalds workers can only afford to survive eating McDonalds.

 

A few places (generally in the sense of cities/localities essentially) in US are doing something like $15.00/hr as minimum wage, but certainly not many at all.

 

Here's a few comparisons:

A$16.87 per hour is the minimum wage for employees with the full set of conditions - two weeks sick leave, four weeks holiday leave, long service leave (3 months leave every 10 years), 10 public holidays, 38 hour week before overtime etc.

For casual employees, like at McDonalds, the minimum wage is 25% higher = A$21.09 per hour = $16.62 USD.

http://www.fairwork.gov.au/about-us...s/minimum-wages#current-national-minimum-wage

On top of that your employer must pay you at least an extra 9.5% to a retirement account of your choice.

Healthcare (free) and prescription drugs (~$30 copay) are included and an additional level of private health insurance is encouraged as well. No tax is payable on the first $18000 of income, and the total income tax paid is 23.9% on an A$80000/US$63000 income (about the average wage).

Already, more than 60% of credit card transactions are conducted via NFC in Australia - so Apple Pay will be an instant success here. Over 75 million NFC transactions were conducted per month last year - in a country of 23 million people.

http://www.afr.com/business/banking...yments-on-all-android-mobiles-20150311-140v6m

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02/25/visa_to_swap_card_numbers_for_tokens_in_au_eu_2015_roll_out/

But houses close (<10km/6mi) to the inner city are very expensive to buy here now - making apartments the only choice for a first home unless you choose to live further away.


Here, the lowest paid Apple Store Retail staff get A$25.69 per hour = $20.25 - highly controversial as it is lower than the major supermarkets.

http://delimiter.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/AE408483.pdf
http://delimiter.com.au/2014/06/10/apple-australia-locks-harsh-agreement-retail-staff/
http://www.smh.com.au/business/geni...an-coles-checkout-workers-20140606-39nvc.html

 

If only my internet connection was fast enough!

 

I studied abroad in Sydney, Australia at Macquarie University so I know all this, I just decided to simplify it for the forum readers. Australia's higher minimum wage is also part of the reason of why I will be moving back there as soon as I graduate so I can pay off my $125,000 student loans "relatively" quicker.

 

You would have to be an illiterate economic numpty to think that the minimum wage has anything to do with price setting at Netflix.
It would be: what are our costs? And in those costs would be the copyright charge to the 'value adders' that own the copyright to American shows in Australia. What margin to do we want? At that margin what is the likely number of customers, and how many would our competitors get?
They will be targeting early adopters. They won't be targeting low wage earners. They would only get targeted once the wealthy and middle class markets had been saturated.

The biggest constraint to adoption here will be the fact that monthly downloads are capped for most people.

 

What? Who's complaining? A$11.99 per month is CHEAP!

 

Bandwidth needed for Netflix?

What is the minimum bandwidth for Netflix to be usable? I'm in a capital city in Australia but my ADSL2 maxes out at around 3MBits due to my distance from the exchange. No NBN fibre due here for a few years either.

 

Here's the specs:

https://help.netflix.com/en/node/306

The require at least 0.5 but recommend 3.0 for SD streaming and 5 for HD.

 

Thanks for that. Sounds like it is worth my trying it out. My TV is not "full HD" anyway.

Is that quoted price per month or per week?
(edit: ok I checked and it is monthly)

 

Yea, for those who don't realise, the 4 screen "Family Plan" is US$11.99 which is roughly A$15.22. So in fact, we are cheaper. No Australia Tax included for once.

 

But with thousands of less titles.

 

You don't need vpn just DNS like blockless which I'm using and am very happy. Plus it offers DNS adblock.

 

Yes!! Finally something decent other than Foxtel.

 

Don't fret - you will have all the house of cards you can handle by the time the NBN rolls out in your area by 2078!

 

Also keep in mind that the A$1 is worth about .79¢ when converted to US dollars

 

So is the news that Australia was given access to Netflix at all or that they are able to access it through Apple TV now?

 

It'll be interesting to see how the contents grows. I've been using a VPN to access my American account and there are thousands more on there. Not a bad selection for launch, though.