Netflix is undoubtedly the most important name in streaming. The company, which started out as a mail-order DVD service in the late ‘90s, completely upended the traditional media industry when it launched an online streaming service in 2007 and remains the biggest player in the space today.
As a pioneer in streaming, it’s no wonder that it boasts the highest subscriber numbers, biggest global reach and greatest volume of original content compared to its many competitors, which include Disney Plus and Amazon Prime Video. Netflix has some of the best movies and TV shows on its platform, and is constantly adding more.
Netflix was launched by co-founders Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in 1997. Hastings is now executive chairman, with Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters the co-CEOs.
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Everything leaving Netflix in August 2025
Netflix's August clear-out of titles is packed with cinema classics and modern favorites - you don't want to miss these.
Everything new on Netflix in August 2025
These are all the new titles coming to Netflix in August, including Wednesday season two and some old movie favorites.
Wednesday season 3 is confirmed by Netflix and I’m thrilled this Tim Burton series isn’t dead in the ground
Wednesday will return with more tales of woe as the series has been renewed for a third season.
Happy Gilmore is trending on Netflix ahead of its sequel arriving this week – here’s why I have high hopes for Adam Sandler’s return
Happy Gilmore 2 is on the way and fans are flocking to Netflix to watch the first installment.
Pokémon has 2 new shows on the way, including another season of Netflix’s hit stop-motion series – and you’ll want to catch ’em all
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The Hunting Wives on Netflix fails to bring the bingeworthy soap-opera chaos I hoped for – these 3 scandalous shows are what you should watch instead
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Trainwreck’s next chaotic episode P.I. Moms drops on Netflix this week, and I can’t wait to learn why this story was canceled on Lifetime 20 years ago
In 2010, Lifetime canceled a documentary about soccer moms as private investigators. Now, Netflix’s Trainwreck: P.I. Moms lifts the lid on why.