Tudum! The story behind the iconic Netflix sound
Twenty Thousand Hertz
Dallas Taylor
4.9 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 5 August 2020
⏱️ 25 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | It's a new year and many of us are committing to exercising and eating healthier. |
| 0:04.8 | But another crucial part of staying healthy is keeping on top of your doctor appointments. |
| 0:09.8 | That's where Zoc Doc comes in. |
| 0:12.0 | Stop putting off those doctors appointments and go to Zocdoch.com slash Hertz to find and instantly book a top-rated doctor today. |
| 0:19.7 | That's Z-O-C-D-O-C-com slash H-E-R-T-Z. |
| 0:24.1 | Zocococ.com slash Hertz. |
| 0:29.4 | Nowadays, it's hard to imagine a world without Netflix, but it's also easy to forget how |
| 0:38.8 | relatively young Netflix is. |
| 0:41.4 | It really wasn't that long ago when you'd log in and load up a movie queue, then wait |
| 0:45.2 | for three DVDs to come in the mail. |
| 0:47.8 | Fast forward to 2007, around the time they mailed off their billionth DVD, they decided |
| 0:52.5 | to start streaming some of their content. |
| 0:54.9 | Since then, Netflix has grown into the household staple that it is today. But really, |
| 0:59.4 | what I'm most interested in is the story behind this sound. You're listening to 20,000 Hertz. |
| 1:10.0 | I'm Dallas Taylor. |
| 1:15.8 | The Netflix sound logo debuted in 2015. |
| 1:20.8 | Since then, it's become the quintessential Sonic brand of all Sonic brands. |
| 1:22.9 | We actually call the sound to dumb. |
| 1:24.3 | That's Todd Yellen. |
| 1:27.6 | He oversees what's called the product experience at Netflix. |
| 1:37.2 | We have a wonderful content team that produces and licenses all of the comedies and dramas and TV shows and movies that you see on the service. |
| 1:42.4 | Our job is to take the baton from them and to create a great experience around it. |
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