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Land of the Giants - Who really killed Blockbuster Video?

Who really killed Blockbuster Video?

Land of the Giants

06/30/20 • 38 min

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Netflix killed our trips to the video store and ushered in the streaming era. But when Netflix started out, it was a fraction of the size of Blockbuster. It should have been crushed, and almost was. What went wrong?

Hosts: Peter Kafka & Rani Molla

This podcast is a production of Recode by Vox and the Vox Media Podcast Network. This episode was produced by Zach Mack, Bridget Armstrong. Our editor is Charlie Herman. Gautam Srikishan engineered and scored this episode. Nishat Kurwa is the Executive Producer.

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06/30/20 • 38 min

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Interesting story. Amazing the amount of luck and timing that Netflix had.

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