the Netflix streaming service wouldn’t even become a thing for about another 7 years after this, and even then offered extremely limited selection in the early going. And their initial idea was more that
It will go down as one of the biggest missed opportunities in the boardroom: Blockbuster deciding not to buy Netflix. But that’s what could have happened multiple times throughout the early 2000s when Netflix CEO and co-founder Reed Hastings courted a deal with Blockbuster-chief John Ant...
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Now, before we proceed, a quick note for the Netflix generation: Blockbuster was oncetheplace to go if you wanted to rent a movie. Yes, way back when, you had to actually transport your entire physical being to a place like Blockbuster in order to select a movie onVHS tapeor DVD ...
On a related note, imagine if TiVo approached Netflix and Blockbuster (and anyone else in the IPTV market) and offered to sell their content. Buy a TiVo, work with anyone/everyone. That would appeal to me much more than individual Blockbuster/Netflix trying to design custom boxes. ...
To compete with new online movie rental firms like NetFlix Inc., Blockbuster rolled out its Blockbuster Online subscription serv ice, which offered DVDs delivered to customers' homes with no shippin g charges. Chairman and CEO Antioco commented on Blockbuster's strate gy in a July 2004 EQUIS ...
meaning you couldn’t browse the aisles or meet your friends there on a Friday night. This also meant Netflix didn’t have to pay for thousands of stores. Instead they offered a far broader selection of DVDs and sent movies directly to your home that you could keep for as long as you...