Netflix still shy of 1 million Canadian customer mark

LOS GATOS, CA – While Netflix’s growth in Canada has been remarkable, its second quarter subscriber numbers fell just short of its earlier prediction of a million customers by summer, and the company reported a loss for its Canadian operations of approximately US$10 million.But with 967,000 Canadian customers now, and with a French-language version of the service recently made available here, the on-line video streamer believes it should have little trouble cracking the 1 million customer threshold by its first anniversary at the end of September.“The key to continued growth, both domestically and internationally, is constant improvements to the service”, Netflix...