Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefVariety partnered with U.K.-based consultancy Ampere Analysis to delve into the top local and regional ad-supported and pay TV services that are competing with behemoths like Netflix and Amazon. For more, click here. Even before Netflix officially launched in Australia in March 2015, several million households were believed to be using VPNs and browsers to overcome geo-blocking for North American Netflix — and using U.S.