Basically Netflix is in the entertainment delivery business and their list of competitors is quite extensive. Even though the original major competitors of Blockbuster and Movie Gallery are out of business, there are still many who compete with their original business model of shipping DVDs. Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy are major sellers of DVD movies and Redbox provides more than 40,000 locations to pick up and return DVD rentals (Fritz, 2014b). Redbox provides the ability to order online and via mobile apps, which ensures the video will be waiting when you arrive at your local kiosk. And while the local library usually does not often make profits off the venture, many of them provide a large cache of older DVD titles that can be checked out similar to their books. …show more content…
Amazon has a streaming video service that provides some free titles and a large cache of rental titles for Prime members, which probably number more than 25 million people (Mac, 2015). Hulu streams television shows to 9 million subscribers and countless others that watch older shows for free (Solsman, 2015). Apple iTunes allows users to purchase movies that can be downloaded to their phone, computer or Apple TV device (Phan, 2015). Walmart has launched their own video streaming service called Vudu and also offer a service which allows customers to get access to digital versions of movies that they have already purchased. Vudu charges no monthly fees but each movie must be rented or purchased. And hosts of other services are lining up in the wings including Google Play, Sling, and You