Netflix

Netflix is a global entertainment company offering subscription-based streaming, original film and television production, licensing and distribution, interactive media, and mobile and cloud game distribution. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph, it began as a DVD-by-mail rental business before launching streaming in 2007 and expanding into a worldwide service for series, films, documentaries, specials, and games.

The company produces and distributes original programming across languages, genres, and markets, combining creative development with international content partnerships and localization. Its work includes feature films, scripted and unscripted series, documentaries, animation, and interactive entertainment. Supported credits include Roma, The Irishman, Marriage Story, Klaus, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Mank, The Power of the Dog, All Quiet on the Western Front, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, Nimona, Stranger Things, The Crown, Squid Game, and Wednesday.

Entertainment and technology

Netflix operates a subscription video-on-demand platform alongside an advertising-tier streaming offering. Its entertainment activities include:

• Original feature-film and television production
• Non-fiction and documentary programming
• Global content licensing and distribution
• Multilingual localization and dubbing
• Mobile-game distribution and cloud-game streaming pilots
• Streaming infrastructure and content delivery through Open Connect

In 2013, the release of House of Cards marked a major expansion of Netflix's original-content commissioning and direct studio-production activity. The company later broadened its entertainment scope into gaming, offering downloadable mobile games from 2021 while testing cloud-streaming games to deepen member engagement.

Netflix is a publicly traded company listed on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol NFLX. Its operations combine technology, content investment, and regional creative partnerships to serve entertainment audiences internationally.