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Land of the Giants

Who really killed Blockbuster Video?

Land of the Giants

Vox Media Podcast Network

Society & Culture, Technology, Business

4.62.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Netflix killed our trips to the video store and ushered in the streaming era. But when Netflix started out, it was a fraction of the size of Blockbuster. It should have been crushed, and almost was. What went wrong? Hosts: Peter Kafka & Rani Molla This podcast is a production of Recode by Vox and the Vox Media Podcast Network. This episode was produced by Zach Mack, Bridget Armstrong. Our editor is Charlie Herman. Gautam Srikishan engineered and scored this episode. Nishat Kurwa is the Executive Producer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Support for this podcast comes from Slack.

0:03.0

You have to get your work done.

0:05.0

But what if you and your team could do it better?

0:08.0

Slack is a productivity platform that connects all your team members together instantly.

0:12.0

It's built to help your team with a host of features, like huddles for quick check-ins,

0:16.0

and clips for recording and sharing video.

0:19.0

Slack also makes it easy to search and find the right information you need.

0:23.0

You can even integrate the apps you use in your normal workflow,

0:26.0

like your calendar or product management tools.

0:28.0

So you stay focused on the work that matters and get more done.

0:31.0

Learn more at slack.com slash productivity.

0:36.0

One of the analysts asked John and Antioca the CEO of Blockbuster,

0:40.0

what do you think of Netflix?

0:41.0

And he was furious.

0:43.0

He's like, do not ask me about that stupid little company.

0:48.0

They're a nat, they're nothing, they're nobody,

0:51.0

and people are never going to give up their video stores.

0:56.0

It's almost impossible to imagine now.

0:58.0

But not very long ago, if you wanted to watch a movie at home,

1:01.0

you had to leave your house to go rent a movie from Blockbuster.

1:05.0

Ridiculous, right?

1:07.0

Read Hastings Thoughts 02, so he created Netflix,

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