Company Profile for Netflix
Netflix, Inc.
| Type | Public company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1997 |
| Headquarters | Los Gatos, California, US |
| Industry | Video rental |
| Key People | Reed Hastings, co-founder and CEO David Wells, CFO, Secretary Leslie J. Kilgore, CMO |
| Products | Proprietary Microsoft VC-1 video download, online DVD and Blu-ray Disc rental |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Customer Service
100 Winchester Circle
Los Gatos, CA 95032
866-716-0414
www.netflix.com
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Walmart Offers $27 Million Settlement In Netflix Class-Action Suit
By Marc Perton on November 16, 2011 5:30 PM
50 Comments
If you've received an email saying you're entitled to make a claim in a class-action lawsuit against Netflix and Walmart, don't toss it. Walmart has thrown in the towel and is offering to settle with customers who sued the retail giant and Netflix after the two companies made a deal to promote each other's DVD businesses. More »
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Report: Netflix's Killing Of Qwikster Forces Layoffs
By Phil Villarreal on November 7, 2011 9:00 AM
45 Comments
After Netflix decided against spinning off the DVD rental side of its service as Qwikster, the company reportedly decided it didn't need as many call service reps to handle such duties as fielding inquiries from confused customers. More »
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Netflix Loses 800K Subscribers In Third Quarter
By Phil Villarreal on October 25, 2011 8:30 AM
86 Comments
While no business likes to lose 800,000 customers in the span of a few months, such a drop could pass for good news in the Netflix halls in these post price-hike days. More »
Netflix CEO Explains Qwikster Fracas To Catty NYTM Reporter
By Ben Popken on October 21, 2011 5:00 PM
59 Comments
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings stopped off at the New York Times Magazine to engage with a very ornery reporter on what the whole deal with Qwikster was. If the reporter really asked these questions and didn't just spice them up later to make himself look like a badass, I'm surprised Hastings didn't punch him in the face. More »
Watch Out For This Netflix Phishing Scam
By Ben Popken on October 20, 2011 1:00 PM
30 Comments
There's an email that's been going around that pretends like it's from Netflix and they're having trouble with your credit card. Actually, it's from scammers and they want to steal your credit card. More »
Which Internet Provider Is The Best For Streaming Netflix?
By Chris Morran on October 17, 2011 12:30 PM
58 Comments
How well you'll be able to stream season two of Breaking Bad on Netflix may depend largely on which company you're paying to provide internet service to your home. Netflix has just released the results of its own study on network performance and the results may not surprise you. More »
Netflix Lands Deal To Stream Old Seasons Of CW Shows
By Phil Villarreal on October 14, 2011 8:15 AM
42 Comments
The revolving door that is Netflix's streaming service has lined up another entrant. The company nailed down a deal to stream previous seasons of scripted CW TV shows starting the year after they air. More »
Woot Mocks Netflix Over Qwikster Debacle, Sells Computers At The Same Time
By Chris Morran on October 13, 2011 12:45 PM
26 Comments
Remember those brief few weeks when Netflix said it was actually going to rename its DVD service "Qwikster" and separate it from the Netflix website? Ah, those were the days... And now the deal-minded folks at Woot have put together a bit of prose that allows them to poke fun at Netflix, all while trying to sell some Lenovo Notebooks. More »
Netflix Cancels Qwikster DVD Service, Goes Back To All-In-One Site
By Mary Beth Quirk on October 10, 2011 11:01 AM
126 Comments
Well, that was fast: Less than a month after Netflix announced it'd be splitting into two sites — Netflix for streaming movies and Qwikster for DVDs — it's decided that that maybe isn't the best idea. For those of you who were outraged, your roars have been heard. More »
Another Postal Worker Caught Stealing Netflix DVDs
By Chris Morran on October 7, 2011 2:30 PM
42 Comments
It's been over five years since we first wrote about postal workers being busted for detouring Netflix DVDs into their own private stashes, and yet there are apparently still some USPS staffers out there who think they can steal more than 100 DVDs and not have it set off alarm bells. More »
