Disc brake

Why our local Mr. Movies Closed From Blockbuster chain stores to idiosyncratic local ones, hundreds of video stores have been closing nationwide. This began over seven years ago; about the time I was wondering how this could happen. During the past four years, it has become clear to me why they are closing; The digital age of internet and video production. Netflix, symbolized by its little red envelopes and more recently its streaming service, had prevailed over the little blue boxes that…

Netflix was founded in 1997 by Marc Rudolph and Reed Hasting, two engineers. They used the internet to rent DVDs. Hasting came up with the idea after he was charged a $40 late fee with Blockbuster. The two then came up adopted the idea that customers could rent unlimited DVDs for a single monthly fee. Later in 2007 the company moved to streaming, the subscription increase by bounds. Then in 2009 the company topped at 20 million subscribers. In 2013 they announced that they made a move to have…

They were sold at just 2 cents each, with $2 shipping, selling 10,000 copies. The offer was widely covered in the media, though a mistake was made at the manufacturing plant, which ended up shipping pornographic DVDs in place of a few copies of the disc. Fortunately in Netflix’s case, only very few of those copies were sent out, as opposed to half the amount, which could have severely hurt Netflix’s reputation. In December of that year, Netflix announced it would stop selling DVDs, directing…

NETFLIX Netflix is a streaming content provider that allows subscribers to watch TV shows, movies, documentaries and more on a wide range of Internet-connected devices. The company also provides DVD rental plans where it supplies the shows and movies on DVDs. This video streaming on-demand company operates on a subscription based model. The users pay for a monthly subscription plan and are given access to stream shows, movies, documentaries and other content available on Netflix in the quality…

1. I diagnosis Eleanor with pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) based on her history and examination. Pelvic floor dysfunction is the inability to control the pelvic floor muscles and failure to function properly is due to old age, obesity, pregnancy, menopause, and a vaginal delivery (Bartling, 2016). Its symptoms include urinary problems, constipation, a heavy feeling or bulge in the pelvis, and pain. Eleanor presents a majority of the risks factors and symptoms. She is more likely to have PFD…

In the short essays “On Being a Cripple,” by Nancy Mairs, and “Living Under Circe’s Spell,” by Matthew Soyster, two different authors expose what their life was like after being diagnosed with MS (multiple sclerosis). The first essay is a piece that discusses years of dealing with this chronic degenerative disease, reflecting on what it has taught the author, how it has made her a better person, and also talks a lot about how society should treat the disabled as normal people. The second is a…

Reed Hastings vision for Netflix was an ingenious idea and evidently was a much desired product and service. Who would have ever thought a $40 late fee would have turned into a company worth $28 billion (LaMonica, 2014). Initially, Netflix competed with video stores such as Hollywood Video and Blockbuster but that soon changed as customers craved stream on demand (Parnell, 2015). There are three perspectives on strategy which are industrial organization, resource based theory, and contingency…

Filmmaking was the established forefront in media driven entertainment during the 1930’s and 1940’s. Once sought as a luxurious consumer product film ended up becoming one of the great national pastimes that told stories and allowed it’s viewers to escape their lives. At the end of World War II however things changed permanently for the film industry. No longer were they able to enjoy their assumed monopoly; they had to fight against the advent of television. Fighting against television film…

Netflix While there has been a recent increase in the number of people attending theaters to see first run movies, this has not affected the number of individuals and families in our society who have adopted Netflix as an accepted venue for entertainment. Research has shown that 9 out of 10 families have some form of cable and internet in their homes and many of them subscribe to Netflix. The idea behind Reed Hastings, starting the company in 1997 was triggered by the fact that he was faced…

First Cinemas As we discussed in Lesson One, during the Evolution of Theatres section, there weren’t any dedicated cinemas at first. Screenings of films were shown in theatres or music halls, but as the popularity of film grew, it was recognized that dedicated cinemas were a necessity. Once such location that was only used for one showing was the Berlin Wintergarten Theatre. In 1895, Max and Emil Skladanowsky screened a film during the month of November. True dedicated cinemas arrived on the…