Netflix vs Blockbuster - The Digital Divide | 4
You know that expression “content is king”? Well it turns out, sometimes it’s not. Sometimes it’s a hard-working algorithm that burrows into customer habits and viewing patterns. With that, Netflix ha...
8 Feb 201822min
Netflix vs Blockbuster - Dirty Tricks | 3
Thinking like your enemy is the best way to beat them, and during the war, Blockbuster tried every trick in the books to get inside Netflix. Sometimes they succeeded - sending “housewives” into wareho...
6 Feb 201822min
Netflix vs Blockbuster - Origins | 2
After Hastings pleaded with Antioco to buy Blockbuster Online, Antioco agreed to present Hasting’s proposal to the board. What he didn’t tell him was that he was pushing the board to reject the offer ...
6 Feb 201819min
Netflix vs Blockbuster - Sudden Death | 1
This is Episode 1 of an 8-part series on the brutal business battle between Netflix and Blockbuster, and later HBO.It all started around 1997, with a guy named Marc Randolph and his mathematician frie...
6 Feb 201827min
Introducing: Business Wars
Netflix-HBO. Nike-Adidas. Business is war. Sometimes the prize is your wallet. Sometimes your attention. Sometimes just the fun of beating the other guy. From Wondery, the network behind Dirty John an...
19 Jan 20181min
