Netflix Inc. has finally come to the antipodes, by way of Australia Tuesday local time (March 24th,) and despite the bizarre, and completely made up claims by the mainstream Australian media Monday that the details had been “leaked,” the details were actually released by Netflix early Monday morning Australian time via media release to the Australian media (note the writer of this post was a recipient).

Here’re the official “non-leaked” details you need to know if you’re in Australia and you’re keen on signing up to Netflix.

Price

The good thing is, despite the precipitous drop in the value of the Australian Dollar compared to the American Dollar, Netflix Australian pricing is extremely good value, even to the extent that if you’re one of 200,000 alleged Australian’s signed up to Netflix U.S. and accessing it via VPN, given the exchange rate, you’re better off local.

• Single-stream standard definition plan for AU $8.99
• Two-stream high-definition plan for AU $11.99
• Four-stream 4K ultra-high definition “family” plan for AU $14.99

If you want to give Netflix a whirl, you can sign up for a free, one-month trial of Netflix. They say “new members” so if you’ve previously subscribed to the U.S. version, you might want to try a relative’s name and a different credit card.

Content

There was some concern given that rights to certain shows were signed off to the likes of News Corp.’s Foxtel, that many of Netflix’s own shows might not make the cut with the local launch.

The good news is that somehow Netflix has overcome that.

Launching on Netflix Australia is the full three seasons of House of Cards, along with the back catalog of Orange is the New Black, complete with the new season global premiere on June 12th, the same day, and time it’s available globally.

Better still, Netflix Australia is offering members the availability to watch the full catalog of Netflix original series, including the family thriller, Bloodline, starring Australia’s own Ben Mendelsohn, Marco Polo, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt; Chelsea Handler: Uganda Be Kidding Me Live; Jim Jefferies: Bare; DreamWorks Animation’s The Adventures of Puss in Boots; and the Academy Award-nominated documentary Virunga, among others.

Forthcoming series include Marvel’s Daredevil; the dramatic thriller Sense8, movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon II: The Green Destiny and comedy series Grace and Frankie.

The fight for licensed content, a concern given the competition with various offerings from Stan and Presto, shapes  up with well with Netflix with the company offering licensed content from Warner Bros., BBC, FOX, NBC Universal, Village Roadshow Entertainment, Beyond Distribution, Aunty (The ABC) and The Walt Disney Company.

The back catalog includes all the Doctor Who‘s and spinoffs including Torchwood.

Netflix isn’t beating around the bush in terms of supported devices, with its service available in Australia on Apple TV, Google Chromecast, and Apple iOS, Windows and Android tablets and smartphones, as well as Sony, LG and Samsung TV’s, with the PS4, PS3, XBox 360, XBox one and WiiU also having the app. Optus and iiNet (and subsidiary Internode) customers will also have Netflix access quota free, although it’s not clear if that will extend to TPG customers given that TPG has recently acquired iiNet.

In a market with four major competitors: Stan, Presto, the soon to be dead Quickflix, and now Netflix, there’s no question that the American upstart offers bloody good value.

Yes: your basic package doesn’t offer HD, but neither does the basic Presto package for more money, and for not a lot more you can, if you’re a family or couple, buy multiple logins and streaming, in as much as 4k (good luck though in streaming 4k over ADSL2+ though, if you’ve got F2P vs F2N NBN, no problems;) it’s by far the best value on the market, with the best in U.S., and even U.K. content.