1.3 VOD introduction, DVD sales, and rise.1.2 Membership fee, acquisition for Blockbuster, growth start.Īs of July 2016, Netflix reported over 83 million subscribers worldwide, including more than 47 million in the U.S. In 2013, Netflix introduced itself into the film and television industry, with its first series being House of Cards, which debuted in the same year, greatly expanding into film in 2015, and now offers its 'Netflix Original' content abroad its online library of films and television. In 2007, Netflix expanded their business with the introduction of streaming media, as well as retaining the DVD and Blu-Ray rental service, with streaming available to Canada in 2010 and as of 2016, now serves over 190 countries. In 1998, about a year after Netflix's founding, the company grew by starting in the DVD by mail business. It is currently headquartered in Los Gatos. It specializes and provides streaming media and video on demand both online and physically, and recently a film and television producer, as well as online distributor. (marketed and stylized as NETFLIX) is an American multinational entertainment company founded on Augin Scotts Valley, California by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph.
