Netflix most expensive for Scandinavians – Economy

The Comparitech analyst compared the Netflix libraries from 78 countries, compared it to the standard monthly fee and got the cost per movie or TV episode.

Perhaps surprisingly, it is not the United States that is worth the money, but in neighboring Canada, where customers have the choice between 5,551 films and television shows. For this, they pay the equivalent of 6.90 US dollars. The release by title will be about a tenth of a century.

There are few who would say that it is expensive, but it is not the purpose of the comparison.

Scandinavia at the bottom

At the bottom of the list is Denmark, where the Netflix library contains 3,305 titles. The monthly rate is 11:94 $, which is three times the price per look in Canada. Sweden improves with 3,294 titles for a monthly fee equivalent to $ 9:81. Norway is also in the low and before, countries such as Tunisia, Iraq and Jordan lie.

Factors that affect supply-weighted costs include exchange rate fluctuations as well as translation costs in smaller language areas.

Not just quantity

However, Marie Nilsson, CEO of media company Mediavision, does not like to remain blind about the number of titles available.

It is not because there is a huge library of titles or hours that it consumes. A more important measure is what creates the will to pay and what we measure. In Netflix business, the original content that the company can market is its own. These are crucial titles like The Crown, Orange is the new Black and House of Cards, she tells TT.

Many Netflix customers around the world are fed up with custom in their own country and use a Virtual Private Network (VPN) service to access content, for example, from the United States. Such a service alters the IP address of the user in another country and encrypts the data traffic. Each technical magazine regularly tests these VPN services and how they work against Netflix and other streaming services.

VPN services

Netflix, of course, is not happy about that and refers to the fact that they have made deals with film and television companies to view in selected countries. The company's contract of employment, which all customers must approve, also states that "primary" can only be seen in the country where the account is located. However, if you do not live in China, Russia or Iran, where VPN services are illegal, it is hardly criminal to circumvent this agreement as long as the customer pays his monthly fees.

Marie Nilsson does not like to override the risk that Netflix uses VPN services.

We have not used this use for a while, but we realized that the phenomenon was limited and did not spread.