Netflix breaks the 10 million subscriber mark, keeps on truckin'

We can't say the economic crisis has been too kind to every industry, but it's been a best friend to Netflix. As consumers divert their out-on-the-town dollars to sit-on-my-arse-and-watch-Netflix dollars, the by-mail and streaming movie rental company is just breaking records left and right. After closing a stellar 2008 with 9.4 million customers, the company has today announced that the 10 million mark has been crossed. For those struggling with basic math, that means that it has added 600,000 net subscribers since January 1st. So, where does Netflix go from here? Into every nook and cranny it can, of course, so don't be shocked to see Watch Instantly creep onto your next HDTV, set-top-box, Blu-ray player or portable microwave. Seriously, it could happen.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 12th 2009 4:01PM]

my apologies - this was supposed to be in responce to Noah's comment a few comments higher about Redbox. I won't blame the comment system, I'm sure I forgot to hit reply ;)

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 13th 2009 1:08AM]

Too bad most of their Blu Ray disks arrive cracked.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 16th 2009 7:58PM]

NoProblemsHere @ Feb 12th 2009 1:00PM
"Seriously, did you forget about the middle man known as the "US Postal Service"? I don't get people always blaming things being late on the company when 99% of the time it's the carrier. I have seen some messed up mail in my time... to say I trust postal workers is like saying I trust the MLB to be steroid and AIDS free!"

Actually the carrier is the last person of many people (or automated machines) to touch your mail. More often than not it is the carrier who "fixes" the problems of those who get the mail to him. And fixes the customers problems also. I'd guessstimate that for every misdelivery I make, I handle 50-100 misaddressed pieces of mail from customers. That's with an incorrect/incomplet address but not even including mail that is hand-written.