The biggest victim of the streaming wars is the very event that started them

In January 2007, Netflix, the pioneering DVD-by-mail rental service, launched its streaming media platform, introducing the idea of ​​video on demand over an Internet connection. At launch, Netflix only had 1,000 movies available to stream (compared to over 70,000 on DVD). A month later, Netflix mailed its billionth DVD to customers, marking the beginning of the end. In the years since, Netflix’s streaming service has proven more popular than the mail subscription service that founded the company, thanks to partnerships with studios and broadcasters such as Disney, Warner Bros., Viacom, DreamWorks, The CW, and AMC.

But a sea change occurred on February 1, 2013, when Netflix launched “House of Cards,” the first American-produced original series exclusively for the streamer. Not only was it a gripping political drama, it was one that boasted a huge Hollywood name following. Kevin Spacey Still Disgraced And Robin Wright. Netflix has proven that it can do more than just license popular movies and TV shows. The early days of Netflix original programming were a burst of creativity. “Orange Is the New Black,” “Sense8,” the Marvel TV shows, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” the start of Mike Flanagan’s reign of terror, “Grace and Frankie,” “One Day at a Time” and “BoJack Horseman.” ” was a game-changer, and Netflix was adventurous, creative, and original Feature film.

But their success also inspired studios and broadcasters, who were acquiring much of Netflix’s library to try to replicate their own model, and the streaming wars began. The war caused countless casualties, but the greatest damage was undoubtedly the collapse of the actual meaning of the word ‘original’.