U.S. movie streaming giant Netflix just dropped the hammer and opened its service in 130 new countries, including India and Russia - but crucially not China.<br />The surprise announcement came at CES 2016, where the company had expected to announce its long-awaited entry into India.<br />Now, it has just opened its service up in some of the world's largest countries - including India, Russia and Indonesia - just like that.<br />There was plenty of speculation last year about whether the company would enter China.<br />Netflix was reportedly in talks with Alibaba about a potential partnership, but that alliance seemed less likely after Alibaba launched its own subscription-based streaming service in China.<br />Nonetheless, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said the company hopes to enter China in the future, according to Variety’s live blog of the company’s press event at CES.
