Netflix cracks down on proxy streaming

Due to licensing agreements, Netflix content varies between countries - many users have a virtual private network (VPN) or other proxy to get round this.

But some countries have more content than others - for example, the Australian Netflix catalogue has only about 10% of the content available to its US subscribers.

Subscribers that currently use proxies to view content outside their countries will only be able to access the service in their own countries in the coming week, the company said.