Netflix plans to\u00a0launch in South Africa in January 2016, according to industry sources familiar with the situation.<\/p>\n
This comes after the video streaming service confirmed in January 2015 that South Africa forms part of its global expansion plans<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Netflix\u2019s global expansion strategy involves \u201cacceleration to 200 countries\u201d, or being available in almost every country in the world by the end of 2016.<\/p>\n It then intends to \u201cgenerate material global profits\u201d from 2017 onwards.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have not provided details of when we plan to go where, but you can be confident South Africa is among the countries we intend to serve sometime in the next two years,\u201d said Netflix at the time.<\/p>\n Netflix was asked about the\u00a0January launch rumours, but said it has nothing to add at this stage.<\/p>\n A number of video on demand services have launched in South Africa in the past 18 months, including a Netflix competitor from Naspers called ShowMax.<\/p>\n ShowMax recently launched its international KykNet service, offering almost 6,000 hours of Afrikaans programming<\/strong><\/a> in the UK, USA, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand for $8.99 per month.<\/p>\n The original article appeared on MyBroadband<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Netflix may hit South Africa sooner than expected<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n How do we get hooked on a TV series? Netflix has the answer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nMore on Netflix<\/h3>\n