'''Netflix''' is a streaming media company which was founded in 1997. Originally, they were competing with Blockbuster for DVD rentals using a mail order service. Eventually, they became the biggest service to stream movies to customers' TVs by internet for a monthly subscription. Streaming video services require heavy broadband bandwidth usage. It was reported in 2013 that [[YouTube]] and Netflix account for half of all internet traffic in North America.<ref>[http://www.thewire.com/technology/2013/05/netflix-youtube-traffic/65210/ Half of Internet Traffic in North America Is Just to Watch Netflix and YouTube, The Wire, May 14, 2013]</ref> | '''Netflix''' is a streaming media company which was founded in 1997. Originally, they were competing with Blockbuster for DVD rentals using a mail order service. Eventually, they became the biggest service to stream movies to customers' TVs by internet for a monthly subscription. Streaming video services require heavy broadband bandwidth usage. It was reported in 2013 that [[YouTube]] and Netflix account for half of all internet traffic in North America.<ref>[http://www.thewire.com/technology/2013/05/netflix-youtube-traffic/65210/ Half of Internet Traffic in North America Is Just to Watch Netflix and YouTube, The Wire, May 14, 2013]</ref> |