CES 2016: Netflix finally comes to India; sign up to get a free one month subscription

Video streaming behemoth Netflix Inc. has finally launched its services in India. After a number of reports , the announcement was made at CES 2016 in Las Vegas where NetFlix  announced the availability of its services worldwide and the long list of countries (190 in all) includes India as well. The video streaming service is available both via desktop and on mobile and users will need to choose any of the three subscription packages and sign in.

More importantly, Netflix is even offering a one month free trial package where users can choose between any of the three monthly packages, Basic, Standard and Premium.

The Basic package is priced at Rs 500, and will allow to stream unlimited video content from its servers to just one screen (device) at a time. The Standard package is package is priced at Rs 650 where you also get access to HD content with streaming to two screens (TV, desktop, tablet or mobile) simultaneously. The Premium package is similar to the Standard package with the only inclusion being the ability to stream to up to four devices at once (TV, desktop, tablet or mobile).

The free one month subscription will need you to sign-in with your email ID and password and then enter your card details to sign up. Both Netflix apps on Android and iOS support in-app purchases and you can change or cancel your subscription anytime you like.

At the CES 2016 launch, Netflix ushered in a new era of a new global Internet TV network, “Today you are witnessing the birth of a new global Internet TV network. With this launch, consumers around the world – from Singapore to St. Petersburg, from San Francisco to Sao Paolo – will be able to enjoy TV shows and movies simultaneously – no more waiting. With the help of the Internet, we are putting power in consumers hands to watch whenever, wherever and on whatever device.” said Co-founder and Chief Executive, Reed Hastings at the keynote.

Netflix is the world’s leading Internet television network with over 70 million members in over 190 countries enjoying more than 125 million hours of TV shows and movies per day, including original series, documentaries and feature films. Its plans for 2016 include releasing 31 new and returning original series, two dozen original feature films and documentaries, a wide range of stand-up comedy specials and 30 original kids series; all of which will be available to everyone everywhere in the world at the same time.

With all of that said, we think it’s finally time to say good bye to downloading torrents. But clearly, all of this depends on how smoothly the services are made available as millions worldwide will now be logging into Netflix’s servers.