Internet TV giant Netflix officially launched its streaming services in Australia and New Zealand today. Competitive pricing (from just 8.99 a month) is sure to see plenty of new users sign up to the service but it’s important to note that Netflix in Australia is quite different to Netflix in the U.S. It’s all about the content.
It’s no secret that the number of TV Shows and Movies available to Netflix subscribers in the U.S is much greater than what is initially on offer for Australian subscribers. Not to say that will make much of a difference for some, but if you had the option of accessing the entire Netflix catalog would you?
Yesterday I was contacted by a representative of Unotelly. It’s on online service that enables subscribers of Netflix and other streaming services to remove the geographic restrictions placed on some of the content they provide. UnoTelly suggests that in terms of Netflix this means giving subscribers access to a global library of over 15,000 titles.
Naturally I asked the Unotelly representative about the legalities of this. Here is their response.
UnoTelly is absolutely legal. In simple words, our service allows users to access services that are already free or paid for but barred only due to location. On accessing paid content like Netflix, users will still have to subscribe to Netflix’s paid plan. Most importantly, users will be watching all the shows directly on the rightful owners’ websites and contributing to the advertising revenue of the rightful owners like Spotify. Lastly, We contain only links to websites already on the Internet; we do not host or upload any video, films, media files.
To use UnoTelly with Netflix you’ll need a paid Netflix subscription along with a UnoTelly subscription which costs roughly between 5 and 10 dollars a month.
