Sunday, January 01, 2006

What did Netflix do in 2005?

  • Netflix didn't sell out or cave in to pressure from competitors Wal-mart, Amazon, and Blockbuster Online.

  • Netflix added 15,000 titles last year, to have 55,000 titles and more than 42 million DVDs total.

  • Netflix added over a million subscribers, to have more than 3.5 million subscribers

  • Netflix has 37 shipping centers shipping 1 million DVDs each day

  • Netflix introduced new pricing levels:
    $9.99 Unlimited DVDs, one (1) title out at a time
    $11.99 Four DVDs a month, two (2) titles out at a time
    $14.99 Unlimited DVDs, two (2) titles out at a time
    $17.99 Unlimited DVDs, three (3) titles out at a time
    $23.99 Unlimited DVDs, four (4) titles out at a time
    $29.99 Unlimited DVDs, five (5) titles out at a time
    $35.99 Unlimited DVDs, six (6) titles out at a time
    $41.99 Unlimited DVDs, seven (7) titles out at a time
    $47.99 Unlimited DVDs, eight (8) titles out at a time

  • Netflix put partnership with Tivo on hold


  • Rob Pisano left the Netflix board of directors

  • Netflix postponed movie downloads

  • Netflix put ads on mailers

  • Netflix proposed a settlement to the Chavis v. Netflix class-action lawsuit

  • Netflix launched their store, selling 100% guaranteed previously-owned DVDs

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