mark randolph, i want to ask about public policy issues happening now. we are talking about antitrust, anti-competitive investigations, privacy issues. what is your quick take on those? have a firm opinion on what is happening because i am too deeply in the middle of it. more importantly, i am seeing it from a consumer's perspective. from what is happening in streaming, i am delighted by the innovations we have seen and how content is delivered. don't just watch netflix, i watch content from all of the services and i love the fact that this is become a new ubiquitous way to watch things. i watch netflix and i have to trust that they will be responsible. culturebecause of the and the things that were there from the very beginning that netflix is going to thrive and is going to be a responsible steward and i am excited about the future. work is the never name of the book. mark randolph is the cofounder and first ceo of netflix and he has been our guest. thank you for your time. thank you. ♪ has40 years, c-span provided america unfiltered coverage of congre

. >> mark randolph is a cofounder of netflix. he is the author of this new book that will never work. mr. randolph, where did the idea of netflix come from. >> well, ideas come from the strangest places. i talk about this crazy idea that we had and of all places, carpooling. my cofounder cofounder and i were commuting back and forth to work brainstorming ideas. one of these crazy ideas we had was maybe we could do video rental by mail using dvds. rather than rushing home and writing a business plan or hurrying to the office and doing a powerpoint slideshow, we decided we would try to take the first step to validating that idea. we drove down to santa cruz where we both lived. i bought a little music cd. i think it was patsy cline. we went next door and bought a little gift envelope. we put the cd in an envelope and mailed it to reid's house. the next day when he picked me up, he had an unbroken cd and an envelope that got to his house 24 hours for the price of a first class stamp. if there was an aha moment, i think that was it.

mark randolph is the cofounder and first ceo of netflix and he is has been our guest. thanks for your time. >> guest: it's been a pleasure being with you. thank you. >> this week the house intelligence committee and chair adam schiff continued public impeachment inquiry hearings. beginning tuesday morning at nine eastern on c-span3 watch live testimony from jennifer williams, aid vice president mike pence and director for european affairs for the national security council lieutenant colonel alexander vindman. and ambassador kurt volker former u.s. special envoy to ukraine and national security council white house aide tim morrison. >> today supreme court justice elena kagan talks to george mason university students about the american judicial system. live coverage at 4:30 p.m. eastern on on c-span3, online at c-span.org or listen live on our free c-span radio app. >> general john raymond is the command of your space command and he has been invited to talk about building this space force. this is posted by the center for strategic and international studies here in washi

monday night, mark randolph, cofounder of netflix and author of the book, that will never work, shares his experiences starting the online streaming service. >> in 1998 we hit a few keys and we were live. long until wee or that first ding, then two three in its later, ding-ding -ding. in all the excitement we kind of lost track of things until someone noticed, it's been a while since the bell has rung. are we unplugged? is there a problem? it turned out that in the first 15 minutes of being online, we had crashed all of our servers. >> monday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the communicators, on c-span2. >> members of congress reacted to the impeachment inquiry on the sunday news programs. , includingok at some house speaker nancy pelosi. >> we you join me and calling on the state department to produce the mountain of emails, notes, calendar entries? we you join me in calling on the state department to produce the evidence? >> you bet. i don't think there's anything there at all that's going to implicate the president. we could protect his anonymity. how in the world can you impeach the

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[applause] >> mark randolph on the communicators. cofounder of netflix and author of the book that will never work, shares his experience starting the online streaming service. 1998, it did not take long when we got that first being. we began cheering and opening bottles of champagne. two or three minutes later, three more orders. we were so excited. we got two more orders. in all the excitement, we lost track of things until someone noticed that it has been a while since the bell has rung. is there a problem? it turned out that in the first 15 minutes of being online, we had crashed all of our servers. >> mark randolph, monday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. >> c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning, leah greenberg discusses efforts supporting the impeachment of president trump and campaign 2020. and conservative commentators and national so indicated -- nationally syndicated radio talk talksost dennis prager about his promotion of free speech. join t

. >> reporter: that will never work is the title of a book by mark randolph, the founder of netflix.wanted people to know the untold story of netflix and how it was not always this global streaming thing. it was a tiny struggling company at one point. truck today netflix has become a company with over $100 billion and leading the way in digital audio streaming. >> in those early days i just want to be the size of a single blockbuster store. and after that i wanted to be a small video chain. i never imagined having 150 million cert subscribe. i never imagined producing our own movies and television shows. >> reporter: now they face an unpredictable future after several other companies are releasing streaming platforms. >> there are companies that have very deep catalogs and at the same time are producing quality content that consumers want. >> reporter: these media giants have multiple sources of revenue they can rely on. >> reporter: netflix is something to be concerned about because they have one source of revenue. subscriptions. >> reporter: that randolph welcomes the competition a

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mark randolph is the cofounder and first ceo of netflix and he's been our desperate thank you for your time. >> it's been a pleasure being with you. thank you. >> the u.s. senate gavels back in at 3:00 o'clock eastern time today lawmakers will work on the nomination of the u.s. court of appeals judge for the u.s. circuit which covers alabama, florida and georgia. watch live coverage of the senate here on c-span2 at 3:00 o'clock eastern. [applause] >> good evening. welcome to all of you and welcome to senators at birth and senators warner heard both of have had very long careers in public service. i know you were in the house in 1994 and senator warner 1989 worked with doug wilder and before becoming governor in yourself virginia so what inspired your career in public service? what would you say to young people today who like to pursue a career in public service? >> i like to think i was or icactually am older than richard but i never acknowledge that. >> he dies his hair. [laughter] >> at least i got hair. [laughter] i would like to think i was old enough to touch by the idealism of th

joining us now, cofounder and the first ceo of netflix, mark randolph. he new book entitled that will never work. the birth of netflix and the amazing life of an idea. is this book, mark, welcome, a memoir? >> it is actually. in some ways it's the untold story of netflix. it's how two guys took a crazy idea that no one thought would work, that my wife didn't think would work, and somehow turned it into a company which is changing how we wachtel vision. >> i think there's an entire generation of viewers who watch netflix religiously now who don't remember the red envelopes that the rest of us deliver, that you get mailed a dv do, watchdvd to watch a movie. talk about how you changed to become a streaming. >> we shipped dvds in the mail for ten years plus. and even before we launched dvds, reed and i had these crazy ideas. i pitched him customized baseball bats. i pitched him personalized shampoo as we were looking for a company idea. >> and so when did that change for you? when did you go from the red envelopes to becoming a streaming service? was that out

. >> mark randolph, monday night at 8:00 p.m.tern, on the communicators on c-span2. >> our c-span 2020 bus team is traveling across the country, visiting key battleground states the 2020 presidential race, asking voters which issues they want voters to address -- candidates to address trendy campaign? ofi want to put the people our country ahead of party and politics, one thing that is very important to average americans is the economy and job creation. i'm hoping this will be a real focus on that. >> i believe the candidates of recognize the massive health care disparities , access to health care, proper health quality. >> i believe there should be a -- a higher focus on climate change. i feel as if no matter who you are, it's something that affects us no matter where you live. noticedently, i have there was no emphasis from andica on climate change people were debating whether scientists are actually correct. we question earthquakes or hurricanes, but we want to question climate change. that's because we don't see the immediate

. >> mark randolph is a cofounder of netflix.e is the author of this new book that will never work. mr. randolph, where did the idea of netflix come from. >> well, ideas come from the strangest places. i talk about this crazy idea that we had and of all places, carpooling. my cofounder cofounder and i were commuting back and forth to work brainstorming ideas. one of these crazy ideas we had was maybe we could do video rent

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. >> tonight on "the randolph,ors" -- mark co-founder of netflix and book never work," will talk about starting the online streaming service. april 4, 1998, we were live. it didn't take long. first ding and we cheered and began opening bottles of champagne and then later, three minutes ding, ding, ding. three more orders. we were so excited. more orders.wo and in all the excitement we kind of lost track of things noticed it's been a while since the bells rung. is it unplugged, is there a problem? it turned out in the first 15 we'd s of being online crashed all of our servers. >> marc randolph tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "the communicators" on c-span2. eachs segment of the "washington journal," we take a look at the week ahead in washington. we could also call it the week ahead in the impeachment inquiry. joining us to talk about it is vivian salama, white house reporter for the wall street journal. scott wong is with the hill, senior staff writer. start us off by walking us through the witnesses who will be testifying tomorrow at these open -- at these open impeachment hearings. sc

. >> tonight on "the randolph,ors" -- mark co-founder of netflix and book never work," will talk aboutrting the online streaming service. april 4, 1998, we were live. it didn't take long. first ding and we cheered and began opening bottles of champagne and then later, three minutes ding, ding, ding. three more orders. we were so excited. more orders.wo and in all the excitement we kind of lost track of things noticed it's been a while since the bells rung. is it unplugged, is there a problem? it turned out in the first 15 we'd s of being online crashed all of our servers. >> marc

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