Netflix is undoubtedly the most important name in streaming. The company, which started out as a mail-order DVD service in the late ‘90s, completely upended the traditional media industry when it launched an online streaming service in 2007 and remains the biggest player in the space today.
As a pioneer in streaming, it’s no wonder that it boasts the highest subscriber numbers, biggest global reach and greatest volume of original content compared to its many competitors, which include Disney Plus and Amazon Prime Video. Netflix has some of the best movies and TV shows on its platform, and is constantly adding more.
Netflix was launched by co-founders Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in 1997. Hastings is now executive chairman, with Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters the co-CEOs.
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Ransom Canyon season 2 has officially been renewed. Here's everything we know so far about the next chapter of the Netflix's hit Western show.
Netflix’s new streaming recommendation tool is about to make my astrology-obsessed friends unbearable
Netflix is rolling out a new zodiac hub to recommend content for your star sign, and I've already been roasted.
Netflix anime drops 3 epic new show trailers that fans say are ‘already better than Arcane’
Netflix has hit this year’s Anime NYC convention hard with three new trailers for upcoming shows, and they could honestly be all-timers.
Emily in Paris season 5: everything we know so far about the hit Netflix show’s return
Updated Emily in Paris season 5 has got its release date – here's everything we know about the hit Netflix show's return.
I watched the new Netflix political thriller Hostage and it’s hands down the best original TV show of 2025
The new Netflix series Hostage follows a fictional British Prime Minister's husband being abducted, and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
Emily in Paris season 5 will be a ‘tale of two cities’ as Netflix confirms release date, and that’s a disaster for Virgin River season 7
Netflix has confirmed a December 18 release date Emily in Paris season 5, but wasn’t that supposed to be when Virgin River season 7 aired?
Steven Knight’s House of Guinness looks nothing like Peaky Blinders, and another hit Netflix series already proves it
Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight is bringing new series House of Guinness to Netflix, but I think it looks far more like another hit show on the streamer in its first-look photos.
Netflix renews Dept. Q for season 2, and I think it should time its release date to steal a rival HBO Max show's thunder
Crime fans, rejoice! Netflix has officially renewed Dept. Q for season 2, but I think the streamer should spice up the competition by timing its release with a HBO Max giant.
Netflix confirms November release for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein –here's how I plan on watching it sooner
Director Guillermo del Toro's hotly anticipated adaptation of Frankenstein finally gets a confirmed release date, but you can watch it a month before it drops on Netflix.
Night Always Comes has just hit Netflix, and Julia Fox is unironically the best part of Vanessa Kirby’s complex caper
Vanessa Kirby only has one night to raise $25,000 to keep her family home in the new Netflix movie Night Always Comes, but that isn’t always as heartstopping as you might think.