Netflix is poised to shut down the DVD-by-mail rental service that set the stage for its trailblazing video streaming service, ending an era that began 25 years ago when delivering discs through ...

Tech’s takeover of show business has turned everything into streaming. The only recourse is to focus on the physical.

In 1998, an upstart company decided to offer a way for people to rent DVD (and later Blu-ray) discs for a monthly fee, with no late fees. It was called Netflix, and that business model slowly but ...

1997: Netflix is founded by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph. 1998: Netflix launches a DVD-by-mail rental service. That same year, Amazon founder and former CEO Jeff Bezos offers to buy the company.

(Stacker) - It seems like ages ago that Netflix was just a mail-in DVD rental service, attempting to disrupt the landscape of brick-and-mortar video stores. That’s probably because nearly three ...

Netflix won the streaming battle of 2024 with a crackdown on passwords and a push into live events — here's how it grew to ...