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Netflix Antarctica has more videos than Hong Kong: the pathetic local offerings by the world’s streaming video giant

Website compares Netflix catalogues around the world, and Hong Kong comes up short

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Netflix’s offering in dozens of other countries beats Hong Kong’s digital library of movies, TV series and videos on the streaming service, an online resource shows.
The fledgling arm of the global streaming giant offers just 587 videos, including 438 movies and 149 videos, Unogs.com’s database of international Netflix catalogues reports.

Antarctica residents can access 815 videos, which includes 562 movies and 253 series, the net resource states.

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But Antarctica is still far behind the countries with the greatest Netflix catalogues; leading the pack is the United States where Netflix was born. The US offers 5680 videos including 4566 movies and 1114 series while Caribbean island nation Martinique doesn’t just have great rum but also 4586 Netflix videos.

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But a host of unlikely countries and territories beat Hong Kong, including global pariah state Zimbabwe with 701, strife-torn Afghanistan with 702 and Iraq with 642 videos.

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Australia (where Netflix rolled out in 2014) has nearly four times as many titles in its streaming catalogue despite fierce competition there with other online video services and TV channel catch-up sites.

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