Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Sudden Dea...

With all the hype around portable and smart speakers, it’s easy to forget that they didn’t always exist. In fact, it took one fateful meeting with Monster Cables and Interscope Records to really kick the industry off. In this one-episode Business Battle, we explore the time wh ...

It’s April 2011, and Evan Spiegel is about to present his class project. Right now, it's called Picaboo. Soon, it's going to become Snapchat. But for Spiegel, this is more important than grades--at stake are potential investors and the future of communication as we know it.

Depois que Hastings implorou a Antioco para comprar a Blockbuster Online, Antioco concordou em apresentar a proposta de Hasting à diretoria. O que ele não contou foi que estava pressionando o conselho a rejeitar a oferta para que a Netflix enfraquecesse e morresse. Enquanto isso, ...  Show more

Netflix en difficulté, Reed Hastings a tenté un coup de poker en proposant de racheter le service Blockbuster Online. Antioco, le patron de Blockbuster, a poliment écouté l’offre et accepté de la présenter à son conseil d’administration. Ce qu’il n’a pas dit à Hastings, c’est qu’ ...  Show more

Penser comme son ennemi ? C’est encore la meilleure façon de le battre. C’est pour cela que Blockbuster cherche à toute force à envoyer des espions chez Netflix, pour comprendre comment l’entreprise fonctionne, de l’intérieur. Parfois, ça fonctionne, comme lorsque le géant de la ...  Show more

The streaming wars have reached a new inflection, as Netflix and Disney+ jostle for position, and in the process disrupt post-strike Hollywood. Paramount+ invested heavily in blockbuster veteran Alex Kurtzman to turn Star Trek into a distinguishing franchise. Now Kurtzman talk ...