The Netflix DVD-by-service will mail out its final discs Friday from its five remaining distribution centers, ending its 25-year history. — AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File ...

When Netflix first launched in the late 1990s, it exclusively shipped DVDs to homes around the United States. Within a decade, it branched out to online streaming, and now it's one of the biggest ...

Netflix has gone through a whirlwind of changes since it began in 1997 as a DVD-by-mail service. The company has navigated the change from DVDs to streaming to becoming a global TV network ...