Netflix

by Alexis Burling

Overview

Netflix explores how founders Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph turned a small DVD rental service into a global media empire, leading the way in the streaming revolution and pioneering new ways to study TV audiences. Features include a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781532116902
Publisher:	ABDO Publishing Company
Publication date:	12/15/2018
Series:	Tech Titans
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	9.25(w) x 6.25(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	1120L (what's this?)
Age Range:	13 - 14 Years

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Netflix's Deep Pockets 4

Chapter 2 A Eureka Moment 14

Chapter 3 Founding Netflix 24

Chapter 4 A Rocky First Year 36

Chapter 5 Netflix Restructures 46

Chapter 6 From DVDs to Streaming 58

Chapter 7 Netflix Culture 72

Chapter 8 The Netflix Effect 86

Timeline 98

Essential Facts 100

Glossary 102

Additional Resources 104

Source Notes 106

Index 110

About the Author 112

Editorial Reviews

05/01/2019

Gr 6 Up—From Amazon to Twitter, each title in this series explores the featured technology or platform from its conception to current trends and future plans. Key players are profiled, as well as major breakthroughs in the industry (such as Amazon's Kindle in the ereader market). Notably, the series' details the successes and the failed experiments, gambles that did not pay off, and controversies such as the personal information of Facebook users being collected by analytic groups. The comparisons between current industry giants and leaders from the past are also helpful. One such sidebar shows how Sears-Roebuck catalogs reinvented retail, foreshadowing how Amazon revolutionized the online shopping experience. VERDICT An excellent resource for research, reference, and those students interested in emulating these tech titans with future innovations of their own.

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