Netflix decides delivery content with reference to works illegally downloaded on file sharing sites

ByJames Sann

If you register as a member, you can enjoy streaming images such as movies, dramas, TV programs anytime anywhere from PCs, tablets, etc.NetflixIs the largest video streaming distribution business company that began distribution not only in North America and Latin America but also in Europe in 2012.

Following Netflix's service in the Netherlands in September 2013, the localTweakersInterviewed the manager of the contents division of Netflix, and as a result of the marketing of contents distributed by Netflix, the file sharing softwareBitTorrentAnd pirated files are on the marketFile sharing siteIt turned out to be referring to.

Netflix baseert aanbod deels op populariteit video's op piraterijsites - IT Pro - Nieuws - Tweakers
http://tweakers.net/nieuws/91282/netflix-baseert-aanbod-deels-op-populariteit-videos-op-piraterijsites.html

How Clever, Netflix Monitors BitTorrent To Purchase Shows - Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2013/09/16/how-clever-netflix-monitors-bittorrent-to-purchase-shows/

Tweakers interviewed Mr. Kelly Merryman, Director of Content Division at Netflix. Merryman disclosed "It is a file sharing site that can download BitTorrent and pirated files of file sharing software, check which works are downloaded frequently and reference it for purchasing content to distribute," Tweakers disclosed.


"Prison Break is one of the most popular works on illegal sites," Merryman said, even among the file sharing sites used in the Netherlands, the TV drama series "Prison BreakIt seems to be very popular.

According to Forbes, it is very difficult to conduct a market research of EU countries where there are multiple ethnic groups in one country, and multiple languages ​​are used, and TV broadcasting rights are also divided per border, which is very confusing It is said that it is becoming. For example, even if you purchase the broadcasting rights of a French television program, broadcasting in Belgium that speaks French, it is another problem.

ByJustin.li

Based on the difficulties of marketing in the EU domestic market, Forbes said that "Netflix's strategy in the European market, such as using local file sharing sites and BitTorrent for market research, is legitimate to legitimate what is illegally traded It is a very smart thing to fix it in a form that can be traded in. "