The Rise and Fall of Streaming | Ahead of Their Time | FD Finance
Before there was ‘Netflix and Chill’, there was ‘Be Kind and Rewind’. Visionaries who turned the potential of new technologies into reality, disrupting the home entertainment industry: streaming pioneer Netflix in the internet age, and Vestron, home video trailblazer in the VHS era.
About Ahead of Their Time
For every company that’s making headlines today, there were those a decade or two ago that had already espoused a similar product, service or idea.
Delve into the business stories of ten pioneering companies in five different sectors – examining one who was an early predecessor that operated in a burgeoning market, and another, in today’s world that seems to have caught on to a winning formula. What are the lessons to be gleaned? And how their life-changing products and services have shaped the way we live, eat and connect.