Testimony of David Hyman, General Counsel, Netflix, Inc. Hearing on 'The Future of Video'

摘要

Good morning Chairman Walden, Ranking Member Eshoo, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee. My name is David Hyman and I have served as the General Counsel of Netflix since 2002. Netflix helped pioneer streaming movies and TV shows over the Internet. In 2008, we began to deliver instant streaming video to televisions through the use of a handful of Internet-connected devices. Today, over 23 million consumers in the United States use the Netflix streaming service on more than 900 different types of Internet-connected devices, including game consoles, mobile phones, and tablets. In fact, Netflix delivers close to a billion hours of streaming movies and TV shows to its consumers every month. The Internet delivery of video provides consumers with unprecedented freedom and control over what video programming they can watch as well as when and where they can watch it. This is the future of video.