Netflix ends original DVD-by-mail service
Netflix is ending the service that started its rise to the streaming giant it is today, mailing out its final physical DVDs to subscribers.
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Netflix is ending the service that started its rise to the streaming giant it is today, mailing out its final physical DVDs to subscribers.
The curtain is finally coming down on Netflix’s once-iconic DVD-by-mail service, a quarter century after the birth of a concept that obliterated Blockbuster video stores while providing a springboard into video streaming that has transformed entertainment
The curtain is finally coming down on Netflix's once-iconic DVD-by-mail service, a quarter century after the birth of a concept that obliterated Blockbuster video stores.
The DVD service will shut down after its five remaining distribution centers in California, Texas, Georgia and New Jersey mail out their final discs Friday.
The fewer than 1 million recipients who still subscribe to the Netflix DVD service will be able to keep the final discs that land in their mailboxes.