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Message: [QUOTE="techmichelle, post: 210315, member: 13258"]Netflix is a U.S. based (headquartered in Los Gatos, California)  video on demand streaming service, established in 1997, which provides  content on a subscription basis to subscribers all across the world. Netflix currently serves countries in North and South America, and other  countries which include: the U.K., the Caribbean, Sweden, Ireland,  Norway, Finalnd, and Denmark. Netflix also rents and mails DVDs by mail  in the U.S. which was their premier service that was once combined with  their now separate streaming service.[ATTACH]2365[/ATTACH]Recommended Netflix Articles on DTVUSAForum<a href="http://www.dtvusaforum.com/blogs/dtvusaforum-staff/201-netflix-vs-hulu-vs-amazon-prime-right-you.html">Netflix Vs Hulu Vs Amazon Prime - DTVUSForum</a><a href="http://www.dtvusaforum.com/blogs/dtvusaforum-staff/201-netflix-vs-hulu-vs-amazon-prime-right-you.html"></a><a href="http://www.dtvusaforum.com/reviews/netflix-vs-redbox-instant-99838/">Netflix Vs Redbox Instant - DTVUSAForum</a>In the middle of March in  2013, Netflix boasted roughly 33 millions subscribers, a number that  increased to about 36.3 million just a month later. They have surpassed  the subscribership of HBO.Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix and Marc  Randolph founded the company in 1997. Hastings invested a reported $2.5  million in start up cash for Netflix. He was the owner of Pure Software  which he sold for a sum of $700 million. It was the $40 that Hastings  was charged in late fees for the movie Apollo 13 that gave him the initial idea for Netflix.The  Netflix web site was launched on April 14th in 1998, having only 30  employees and 925 titles available for "rent by mail" at launch. The  monthly subscription model was introduced in Spetember of 1999. In early  2000 they ceased the single-rental model completely. They quickly built  a reputation for offering flat-fee unlimited rentals without late fees.By 2005 the company expanded to offering 35,000 different DVD titles, shipping out as many as 1 million each and every day.The  Netflix streaming service soon followed and on September 18th, 2011  Netflix announced a separation of the two services. A year before the  service separation, Netflix expanded the stream-only portion of its  business to Canadians, which was the first expansion outside of the U.S.  market.Netflix streaming video-on-demand serviceWith  the Netflix DVD by mail service only available in the United States, and  dying a slow death, the streaming service is where all the attention is  these days. The Netflix movie and TV show subscription streaming  service is available for less than $10 per month and to several  countries across the globe.Netflix, it has been reported,  contributes to about 33% of all U.S. Internet traffic during peak times.  Videos are streamed from the Netflix servers to users that hold monthly  subscriptions. Streams are done to computers, handheld devices, boxes  that sit between the Internet and the TV, and direct to a TV in some  cases.Shows can be paused and restarted at will. The spot in  which a viewer has stopped watching is remembered and the content can be  restarted from that precise location. It can even be restarted on  another device that holds the same Netflix subscription.Apps are  created and used on various platforms including set-top-boxes (like the  <a href="http://www.dtvusaforum.com/reviews/roku-3-easy-streaming-but-is-the-update-worthy-48777/">Roku 3</a>), SMART TVs (like the <a href="http://www.dtvusaforum.com/reviews/samsung-pn51e550-pn60e550-and-pn64e550-plasma-hdtvs-48680/">Samsung line</a> of TV sets), video game consoles  (like the Wii, <a href="http://www.dtvusaforum.com/news/ouya-yearly-updates-and-all-games-carry-free-trials-46648/">Ouya</a>, PlayStation, and Xbox), and smartphones (like  Android and iOS devices). Computers playback the Netflix content via a  browser that use the Microsoft Silverlight plugin. Future plans are to  eliminate the dependency for the Silverlight plugin and use more  standardized technology like <a href="http://www.dtvusaforum.com/news/netflix-silverlight-html5-video-41980/">HTML5</a>.Related Forum Links<a href="http://www.dtvusaforum.com/internet-tv/46468-how-activate-netflix-tv.html">How to activate Netflix</a><a href="http://www.dtvusaforum.com/internet-tv/46468-how-activate-netflix-tv.html">How to get Netflix on TV</a><a href="http://www.dtvusaforum.com/content/898-how-get-netflix-other-streaming-services-your-tv.html">How to get Netflix and Other Streaming Services On Your TV</a>[/QUOTE]

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