Netflix will cease shipping DVDs in about a month, bringing to an end a service it offered years before it became the streaming giant it is today.. The move to phase out its 25-year-old DVD rental ...

History of Netflix discs-by-mail . Although he hasn't been involved in Netflix's day-to-day operations for 20 years, Randolph came up with the idea for a DVD-by-service in 1997 with his friend and ...

The DVD service, which still delivers films and TV shows in the red-and-white envelopes that once served as Netflix's emblem, plans to mail its final discs on Sept. 29.

Netflix’s trailblazing DVD-by-mail rental service is seen as a relic in the age of video streaming. Its loyal, although shrinking, audience fears the end. Netflix DVDs still have fans.

Netflix co-CEO Reed Hastings said in 2019 that he could see the DVD segment lasting another five years, which would mean through 2024. Though he also added that he's in no hurry to get rid of it.

It’s the end of an era for Netflix.. Twenty-five years after the company was founded, Netflix says it will wind down its legacy DVD-by-mail business. Yes, the red envelopes will soon be no more.

Netflix’s DVD-by-mail service bows out as its red-and-white envelopes make their final trip The fewer than 1 million recipients who still subscribe to the DVD service will be able to keep the ...

Netflix first launched video-streaming in 2007, and originally that was available as part of its DVD-by-mail subscription plans. In 2011, Netflix decided to split streaming off from the newly ...

Streaming is dominant for movies and TV shows. But some fans still insist on physical media.

Since this story was first published, Netflix has said its DVD-by-mail customers will not be required to return the 10 DVDs it offered to send them before the service ends in September. This story ...

Netflix Says You Can Keep Their DVDs (and Request More, Too) The company is shuttering its rental-by-mail service in September, more than 25 years after it launched. Share full article. 177 ...

It's rare that a Netflix series heads to DVD and Blu-ray, but A Good Girl's Guide to Murder season 1 is getting a DVD release ...