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  • When does Netflix DVD rental end? Why the postal service is being scrapped and the history of the company

    04/22/2023 11:31:15 AM PDT · by upchuck · 40 replies
    msn ^ | Apr 19, 2023 | Alex Finnis
    Netflix has announced it is ending its DVD rental service after 25 years. DVD rentals formed the basis of Netflix’s original business model when the company launched in 1998. It initially had 925 titles available, and the first it ever sent out was a copy of Tim Burton’s 1988 horror comedy Beetlejuice. Netflix’s rise helped cause the downfall of stores like Blockbuster, before it began transitioning into streaming in the mid-2000s. DVD rentals accounted for $126m (£101m) of Netflix’s $31.6bn (£25.4bn) revenue last year – equivalent to just 0.4 per cent. The company announced $8.18bn in revenue for the first...
  • Before you sign up for Disney+, use this calculator to add up the 'true' cost of your streaming [tr]

    11/21/2019 5:24:08 PM PST · by SunkenCiv · 57 replies
    MarketWatch ^ | November 13, 2019 | Jessica Marmor Shaw & Katie Marriner
    As our calculator shows, the perhaps impulsive addition of just one service to your budget can snowball into a hefty outlay over a hypothetical half-century horizon, particularly when you're looking at that "true" lifetime cost. Take someone paying for Netflix's NFLX, +0.07% standard subscription and Hulu, with no add-ons. That person is looking at a monthly bill of $18.98, and a lifetime aggregate cost of $19,264. Factor in the opportunity cost -- as represented by how much money could have been made investing that same money in the S&P 500 over those years -- and the lifetime cost balloons to...