Netflix to end mailing of DVDs of movies to subscribers after 25 years
by Dominic Rushe in New York from Technology | The Guardian on (#6AY29)
Streaming giant announces DVD-by-mail service to be wound down at the end of September
It's time to say goodbye to those red envelopes. Netflix announced on Tuesday that it would end 25 years of mailing DVDs of shows and movies to its subscribers.
Netflix's co-chief executive Ted Sarandos said mailing DVDs had paved the way for the shift to streaming", but that after an incredible 25-year run, we've made the difficult decision to wind down at the end of September".
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