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[est. 1997]
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Netflix, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California; it is now a mail-order movie rental service,
a movie & TV & video streaming service, and a movie production company.
The mail-order movie rental service Netflix, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California. A two-part I.P.O. in May & June 2002 was successful; Netflix posted its first profit in 2003. Netflix raised their rates to big uproar in November 2010, then increased the package rate by 60% in mid-2011: $7.99 for disks and $7.99 for streaming. Netflix signed a non-exclusive 2-year contract with CBS-TV for their library in February 2011.
In Spring 2013, Netflix concluded contractual access to the Warner Bros. pre-1986 library (including M.G.M. & United Artists titles) which are now available exclusively on Warner Archive Instant. As-of mid-2013, Netflix became the dominant streaming platform, accounting for one-third of all U.S. video streaming - double the activity on YouTube.
Announced 9/2015: 'As protection against the ever-changing environment in Hollywood television production', Netflix signed a deal for their own TV content production facility, with plans for an early 2017 move-in; Netflix is leasing 200,000 square feet of office and pre-production space in a tower at Sunset Bronson Studios (owned by Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.), with the option of adding another 120,000 square feet for sound stages.
Netflix released an estimated 126 original series or films in 2016, more than any other network or cable channel, and is producing 700 original series episodes and movies in 2018.
"Disneyflix Is Coming. And Netflix Should Be Scared" — The Atlantic Magazine, in April 2018
Netflix, Inc. official website
Netflix entry at Wikipedia
Netflix Studios credits at Internet Movie Database {requires IMDb Pro signin}
Primary Divisions
![Netflix, Inc. [est. 1997] now distributes streaming videos](images/NetFlix.gif "Netflix, Inc. [est. 1997] now distributes streaming videos")
official website entry at Wikipedia
![logo for Netflix Originals [est. 2011]](images/netflixoriginals.jpg "logo for Netflix Originals [est. 2011]")
Netflix Originals [est. 2011]
Netflix began acquiring original content for its library in March 2011, beginning with the hour-long political drama "House of Cards", which debuted in February 2013.
Netflix Originals official homepage
'list of original films distributed by Netflix' on Wikipedia
"House of Cards" original TV series [Netflix Feb 2013]
"Orange Is The New Black" original TV series [July 2013]
award-winning "The Crown" original TV series [Sony TV 2016-2018]
http://www.netflix.com/title/80025678
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crown_(TV_series)
"A Series of Unfortunate Events" original TV series [Netflix Jan 2017]
'Dont say we didnt warn you' starring Neil Patrick Harris & Patrick Warburton
http://www.netflix.com/title/80050008
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4834206/
Announced 9/2018: Netflix purchased rights to the entire "Chronicles of Narnia" book series, with plans to produce
multiple movies and TV shows set in the fantasy world created by C.S. Lewis [1898-1963]
"The Great Hack" [Netflix streaming July 2019]
 | 2-hour documentary film streamed on Netflix since July 2019 Co-produced, co-written & directed by Karim Amer; co-produced & co-written by Pedro Kos; co-directed by Jehane Noujaim; co-written by Erin Barnett; music by Gil Talmi; featuring whistleblower Brittany Kaiser, David Carroll, whistleblower Paul-Olivier Dehaye, Ravi Naik, Julian Wheatland, Carole Cadwalladr, Paul Hilder, Emma Graham-Harrison, whistleblower Christopher Wylie, Gill Phillips, Sarah Donaldson & Roger McNamee; with archive footage of: Steve Bannon, Jamie Bartlett, Gerard Batten, Maria Cantwell, Hillary Clinton, Damian Collins, Ted Cruz, Nigel Farage, TV journalist Amy Goodman, Chuck Grassley, Dean Heller, Lester Holt, Ian Lucas, Christian Matheson (MP), Seth Meyers, Alexander Nix (former CEO of Cambridge Analytica), Brendan O'Hara (MP), Barack Obama, Kamla Persad-Bissessar (Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago), Donald Trump & Mark Zuckerberg
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb |
![the Albuquerque [NM] Studios facility [opened 2007] at Mesa del Sol](images/AlbqStudios.jpg "the Albuquerque [NM] Studios facility [opened 2007] at Mesa del Sol")
October 2018: The Mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico announced that Netflix is about to complete its purchase of ABQ Studios [est. 2007]
in the Mesa del Sol district; Netflix plans to increase its presence here and make the city a 'production hub'.
Other Services
![logo for cancelled Qwikster spinoff of Netflix [9/2011]](images/qwikster_logo.jpg "logo for cancelled Qwikster spinoff of Netflix [9/2011]"){kind=logo}
Announced 9/2011 by CEO Reed Hastings: Netflix is planning to split in two, keeping its name for streaming-only services and separating the DVD rentals
into a new separate company called Qwikster; after a media and public uproar, the Qwikster division was cancelled in October.
Works About Netflix
Netflix Executives
Tawni Cranz, Chief Talent Officer 2007-2017
Reed Hastings, co-founder and Chairman & CEO since 1999
entry at Wikipedia
Neil Hunt, Chief Product Officer 1999-2017
Nick Maniatis, head of North American Production Policy, hired 2019 - was director New Mexico Film Office, 2011-2018
Greg Peters, Chief Product Officer hired July 2017
Marc Randolph, co-founder and the first CEO of the company 1997-99, left in 2004
official website
entry at Wikipedia
Ted Sarandos, CCO (chief content officer) hired 2000
entry at Wikipedia
Todd Yellin, VP of Product Innovation
L i n k s
Netflix, Inc. official website
Netflix entry at Wikipedia
Netflix Studios credits at Internet Movie Database {requires IMDb Pro signin}
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