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Netflix kills plan to split off DVD rentals

Netflix kills plan to split off DVD rentals

Netflix is abandoning its widely panned decision to separate its DVD-by-mail and Internet streaming services because it would make them more difficult to use.

Senh: Props to Reed Hastings for listening to his users and reversing the two site decision. It takes guts to admit that you're wrong to the world. Together, DVD plus streaming, makes Netflix a much better proposition. They're also the only company that's able to do this. It differiates them from the competition.

 

Netflix Will be Disrupted by Online Movie Delivery

Netflix Will be Disrupted by Online Movie Delivery

Netflix's advantages will fade as online movie delivery gradually replaces DVDs.

 

Redbox Signs DVD Contract With Warner

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group reached a movie-distribution deal with Redbox, operator of cut-rate DVD-rental kiosks, ending their litigation. Under the arrangement, Redbox agreed to wait 28 days after Warner Bros. releases new movies for sale before offering them for rent at $1 per night.

 

How Netflix gets your movies to your mailbox so fast

How Netflix gets your movies to your mailbox so fast

The Netflix warehouse in Carol Stream does not appear on any map. Your odds of finding it are slightly better than your odds of stumbling upon a rare insect in a field of weeds.

 

Netflix Boss Plots Life After the DVD

Netflix's chief is racing to shift the DVD-rental company's business to make more movies available online. His position offers a rare look at how a CEO manages a still-hot business as its time runs out.

 

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