# How Netflix changed entertainment -- and where it's headed

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2018
- Speaker: Reed Hastings
- Year: 2018
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management, Art, architecture and design, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/reed_hastings_how_netflix_changed_entertainment_and_where_it_s_headed)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Netflix changed the world of entertainment -- first with DVD-by-mail, then with streaming media and then again with sensational original shows like "Orange Is the New Black" and "Stranger Things" -- but not without taking its fair share of risks. In conversation with TED curator Chris Anderson, Netflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings discusses the company's bold internal culture, the powerful algorithm that fuels their recommendations, the $8 billion worth of content they're investing in this year and his philanthropic pursuits supporting innovative education, among much more.

## Lectures

1. [How Netflix changed entertainment -- and where it's headed](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/reed_hastings_how_netflix_changed_entertainment_and_where_it_s_headed/a85b600f7108), 21 min (TED's player)