fun fact of the day
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Video
Sophienoire — 2 years ago(June 08, 2023 12:18 PM)
did you know that Blockbuster Video had the chance to buy fledgling Netflix, and they said "nah"? yup, that happened in 2000. i wonder how many former CEOs of the company committed suicide after the fact.
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merry christmas — 2 years ago(June 08, 2023 02:04 PM)
They were also working with Enron to create a streaming video service. Enron booked the profits (or what it thought the profits would be over the next twenty years, there were no actual profits) then the deal fell apart and people got prosecuted by the Justice Department and Enron imploded.
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soapbox original gangster — 2 years ago(June 08, 2023 04:27 PM)
yeah but The 'Buster had coupons and rental bogos so that was better than netflix. but it was nice to get those dvds in the mail with the free return postage. i miss the simplicity of those not too long ago times.
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frtt wins3, pHd — 2 years ago(June 08, 2023 05:31 PM)
they didn't have the library that netflix had. i used them both but yeah blockbuster did some good marketing. now everything is streaming. i can't even keep track of the services i got and hardly use them.
