Eli5:Why haven’t most major streaming services went international?

Question

Seems like the easiest way to make more money would be spreading to Asia and Europe, but alot of services remain only in North America.

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Answer 1

Short answer, because most license holders don’t provide global licenses, so if you want to open up to Europe/Asia you’ve to negotiate new licenses. Sometimes that’s a regional license, but it’s often a country specific license, so Europe, is actually a dozen or so licenses to hit just the big markets.