Netflix’s $82.7 billion rags-to-riches story: How the a DVD-by-mail company swallowed Hollywood

In 2000, Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph sat down across from John Antioco, then CEO of video rental giant Blockbuster, and ...
WTVD

Netflix shutters its DVD rental business, marking the end of the red envelope era

Netflix will send out its last red envelope on Friday, marking an end to 25 years of mailing DVDs to members. The company announced earlier this year it is shutting down its DVD-by-mail service, 16 ...
Time

Netflix Admits It ‘Messed Up,’ Will Split DVD and Streaming Into Two Businesses

Over the summer, Netflix angered customers by splitting its popular DVD-by-mail and unlimited-streaming package into two separate services—and by charging what amounts to a 60% price hike for ...
Arizona Daily Star

Why 2.7 million Americans still get Netflix DVDs in the mail

Remember when Netflix used to be a DVD-by-mail company? Well, for 2.7 million subscribers in the US, it still is. The familiar red envelopes have been arriving in customers' mailboxes since 1998 and ...
Arizona Daily Star

Questions and answers about Netflix's changes

Netflix Inc. is separating its DVD-by-mail business from its online movie streaming service. Here are basic questions and answers about Netflix's decision to split off its DVD-by-mail service and ...
Staten Island Advance

Should Netflix bring back its DVD service? This Staten Island official has asked the company to do it

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- South Shore Republican Councilmember Frank Morano is calling on Netflix to bring back its DVD-by-mail service. The company’s trademark red envelopes, which Morano said was a ...
Time

Netflix Shakes Up Plans: $8 for Streaming, Another $8 for DVDs

Netflix hopes you weren’t using both its DVD-by-mail and instant streaming options for the low, low price of just $10 per month. Come September, you’ll have to opt for an $8 streaming plan or an $8 ...