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Netflix deal provides a much-needed boost in the Middle East
Despite what it seems, Netflix isn't a dominant force everywhere on the planet. In fact, it's struggling in the Middle East and northern Africa -- Netflix and Amazon combined represent 21 percent of the local subscription video space. The company is determined to get a leg up, however. It just forged its first partnership deal in the region, signing a pact with pay TV provider OSN to make its content available across the area. OSN customers will have access to Netflix through a set-top box launching near the end of the second quarter (around June), and will have the option of paying for Netflix through their existing OSN bills.
International HD news roundup
Here at Engadget HD, we'd prefer not to just focus on high-def happenings in the US of A. Thus, we round up the best of the best from the international front each week and present it here, bundled together in a single, easy to digest list. If something went down in your corner of the globe over the past seven days, let the rest of the world know it in comments. 'Til next week, Até a vista! Read - Hispasat expands HD offer (Spain, Portugal) Read - J:Com pushes on HD and 3D against downturn Read - OSN set to launch with eight new channels (Dubai) Read - OSN readies HD to tune out pirates and porn (Dubai) Read - ESPN broadcasting HD Super Bowl XLIV to Australia, Latin America Read - BSkyB net profits jump 54% in first half Read - BBC Releases 2010 Winter Olympics Coverage Details Read - GTA TeleGuam Expands Japan's NHK Television Offerings on GUdTV Read - Numericable carries HD channels in DVB-T (France) Read - ABC breaks news of new news channel (Australia) Read - More HD for Multimedia (Poland) Read - Swisscom TV to Add 4 New HD Channels Read - KDG takes public HD channels (Germany) Read - ZDF to expand HDTV channels Read - MTVNHD heads to Baltics
