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- HBO MaxHBO Max pulled Gone with the Wind days after it launched in 2020. The film returned sixteen days later.
- SpotifySpotify got its name from a word Daniel Ek misheard across the room. Its founders later built a meaning around it.
- Amazon Prime VideoAmazon Prime Video began in 2006 as a download shop called Amazon Unbox.
- NetflixNetflix began as a company that mailed DVDs in red envelopes. Streaming was reportedly the real goal all along.
- HidiveHidive took over an older anime streaming service, Anime Network Online, in 2017.
- Peacock (streaming service)Peacock's first exclusive NFL playoff game drew an average of 23 million viewers in January 2024.
- Disney+Disney+ signed up more than 10 million people on its first day. Many then hit lockouts and errors.
- HuluHulu began in 2007 as a team-up between rival networks News Corporation and NBC Universal.
- CrunchyrollCrunchyroll began in 2006 as a pirate site for fan-subtitled shows. Sony later bought it for $1.175 billion.
- FunimationFunimation was partly funded by the sale of a Texas feed mill. The Cocanougher family sold it to back the anime company.