INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Following on from measures it has already undertaken to reduce network congestion in Europe, Netflix has lowered the bitrate of its streams
in Australia as of last night, as reported by the Sydney Morning Herald.The decision has been made to help local telcos cope with the
increased demand that's being placed on their networks as more and more Australians work from home and self-isolate against the threat of
Covid-19."Given the crisis, we've developed a way to reduce Netflix's traffic on the telecommunications network by 25 per cent while also
maintaining the quality of our service," said Ken Florance, Netflix's VP of content delivery.While the service will be taking a bitrate
high or standard definition.""if you are particularly tuned into video quality you may notice a very slight decrease in quality within each
resolution," said Florance.The drop in Netflix's bitrate will reportedly continue for the next 30 days, joining YouTube and game downloads
on the growing list of throttled services.
