This is Episode 1 of an 8-part series on the brutal business battle between Netflix and Blockbuster, and later HBO.
It all started around 1997, with a guy named Marc Randolph and his mathematician friend Reed Hastings. Randolph and Hastings knew they’d have to take on Blockbuster, but what they didn’t anticipate was that their business model would take on n ... Show More
Aug 2019
Business Battles | Monster vs Beats by Dre | 1
<p>With all the hype around portable and smart speakers, it’s easy to forget that they didn’t always exist. In fact, it took one fateful meeting with Monster Cables and Interscope Records to really kick the industry off. In this one-episode Business Battle, we explore the time wh ... Show More
26m 16s
Oct 2019
Facebook vs Snapchat - Vanishing Act | 1
<p>It’s April 2011, and Evan Spiegel is about to present his class project. Right now, it's called Picaboo. Soon, it's going to become Snapchat. But for Spiegel, this is more important than grades--at stake are potential investors and the future of communication as we know it.</p ... Show More
26m 7s
Sep 2022
La guerre du streaming | Les origines | 2
Netflix en difficulté, Reed Hastings a tenté un coup de poker en proposant de racheter le service Blockbuster Online. Antioco, le patron de Blockbuster, a poliment écouté l’offre et accepté de la présenter à son conseil d’administration. Ce qu’il n’a pas dit à Hastings, c’est qu’ ... Show More
20m 27s
Sep 2022
La guerre du streaming | Coups tordus | 3
Penser comme son ennemi ? C’est encore la meilleure façon de le battre. C’est pour cela que Blockbuster cherche à toute force à envoyer des espions chez Netflix, pour comprendre comment l’entreprise fonctionne, de l’intérieur. Parfois, ça fonctionne, comme lorsque le géant de la ... Show More
22m 59s
Apr 2024
Rapid Response: How Star Trek prospers against Netflix and Disney+, w/Executive Producer Alex Kurtzman
<p>The streaming wars have reached a new inflection, as Netflix and Disney+ jostle for position, and in the process disrupt post-strike Hollywood. Paramount+ invested heavily in blockbuster veteran Alex Kurtzman to turn Star Trek into a distinguishing franchise. Now Kurtzman talk ... Show More
28m 19s
Dec 2017
Live Episode! The Home Depot: Arthur Blank
In 1978, Arthur Blank and his business partner Bernie Marcus were running a successful chain of hardware stores called Handy Dan – but then, they were unexpectedly fired. The next year, they conceived and launched a new kind of home improvement store that flopped on opening day, ... Show More
32m 19s
Apr 2024
Dhar Mann Studios: Dhar Mann
<p>Five years before he became a massively successful content creator, Dhar Mann was nearly broke and living in a studio apartment. It’s the kind of story he might tell in one of his videos: bite-sized, live-action morality tales that have earned 60 billion views across YouTube, ... Show More
1h 24m
Apr 2022
Florentine Films: Ken Burns
<p>As a boy, Ken Burns was captivated by the power of film and dreamed of being the next Alfred Hitchcock or John Ford. But in college, he discovered that stories about American history could be just as dramatic as any he could make up. Eventually, he set out to make a new kind o ... Show More
1h 17m