Long before Netflix, there was Blockbuster Video. The very first Blockbuster Video Store opened on October 19, 1985, in Dallas, Texas. It was opened by David Cook as a lone video rental store, but the ...
Global streaming giant Netflix began as an online movie rental service. Netflix was co-founded in 1997 by executives Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph. At the time, Hastings had just sold his software ...