Netflix: a Brief History

Two software engineers, Reed Hastings and Marc Rudolph, founded Netflix to use the internet to rent movies on DVD

Netflix adopts a monthly subscription model

Netflix moves into streaming

Netflix tops 20 million subscribers

The company announces a move into original programming with the premiere of "House of Cards"

The premier of "Orange is the New Black" airs, which soon becomes Netflix's most watched original series

Netflix has over 50 million subscribers

Netflix launches several new Dreamworks Animation shows