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    enjoy Netflix original series including Marvel’s Daredevil 
    and Marvel’s Jessica Jones, Narcos, Sense8, Grace and 
    Frankie, and Marco Polo

House of Cards notably missing. Lithuanian here, great that we have it now, but have no idea why House of Cards is not available.

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It looks like House of Cards and Orange is the New Black were both licensed out to other networks in countries that didn't have Netflix at the time. For instance, Showcase in Australia had both of them, and probably has the rights to continue showing them exclusively in Australia. So that complicates things.

Also Orange is the New Black.

ha yah, and that is a great series. Too american?

Netflix sold the overseas distribution rights to House of Cards back before they decided to bet on international expansion, so they don't own the rights to that show in all countries any more.

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