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- HBO MaxHBO Max arrived in the United States on the 27th of May 2020, and its first major test of judgment came within days. On the 9th of June 2020, amid protests…
- SpotifySpotify began not with a boardroom strategy but with a misheard word. When Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon were choosing a name for their new company…
- Amazon Prime VideoOn the 7th of September 2006, Amazon launched a service called Amazon Unbox in the United States. This early iteration allowed users to download movies and…
- NetflixNetflix started not as a streaming service but as a company that mailed DVDs in red envelopes. Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings founded it on the 29th of…
- HidiveHidive is an American subscription streaming service that delivers Japanese anime to paid subscribers, its name always stylized in capital letters.
- Peacock (streaming service)In January 2024, Peacock broadcast its first exclusive NFL playoff game. No postseason NFL game had ever been available only through a streaming service…
- Disney+Disney+ launched at midnight Pacific Time on the 12th of November 2019, in three countries simultaneously: the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands.
- HuluHulu launched on the 29th of October 2007, and its name came from a pair of Mandarin Chinese phrases. The CEO at the time, Jason Kilar, explained that the…
- CrunchyrollCrunchyroll launched on the 14th of May 2006 as a pirate site. It hosted East Asian shows subtitled by fans, operating entirely outside the law.
- FunimationFunimation started not in a boardroom but in a conversation between two relatives. In the early 1990s, a Japanese-born businessman named Gen Fukunaga…