SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — 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 a quarter century ago when ...

The company was founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph with a simple premise: a mail-order DVD subscription ...

Netflix, founded in 1997, has grown into the world's largest streaming service with more than 300 million subscribers ...

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NEW YORK — Netflix Inc. is separating its DVD-by-mail business from the online movie streaming service it sees as the future of entertainment consumption. In announcing the changes, CEO Reed Hastings ...

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 ...

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 ...

Unable to kill its DVD business by separating out into Qwikster, Netflix seems to have stumbled on a new strategy to wean new customers off their shiny disc addiction: make it pretty much impossible ...

Netflix's brand has suffered since its price hike last summer, and just this week, Netflix share prices dropped after Amazon got streaming rights for Epix, which was previously Netflix exclusive.