Having launched its service in a number of countries this year, Netflix plans a “sizeable expansion” into new markets in 2015.
Speaking at an RBC Capital Markets conference and quoted by Bloomberg, David Wells, the company’s CFO, added that the expansion would be “something on the order of this year, or potentially a little bit more”.
He added that Netflix could consider borrowing money, depending on its plans to expand both geographically and with original productions.
“If we’re successful and we continue to expand it’s likely that we would think about some more debt, and going to the market.
“The timing on that is a little bit less clear and specific.”
Netflix expanded into six European countries, including France and Germany, in September and is now present in most main West European markets.
Broadband TV News understands that it may now be looking to some markets in CEE, with the most likely candidates being Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic.
Other ‘candidates’ in Europe include Italy, while in Asia Japan could be an attractive proposition for the streaming subscription service.