Netflix delivers billionth DVD

Being an avid Netflix user, I was hoping it would be me !

Texas woman wins free lifetime subscription after receiving the online DVD rental company's one billionth delivery.

February 26 2007: 5:47 PM EST

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -- A Texas woman won a free lifetime subscription to Netflix Inc after her rental of the Academy Award-nominated film "Babel" became the online DVD rental company's one billionth delivery on Saturday, the company said.The woman, of Helotes, Texas, a San Antonio suburb, requested anonymity
Netflix delivered its first DVDs, including "True Crime," "Analyze This" and "Dr. Strangelove," from a single San Jose, California, warehouse in 1999.

The service, which then had 2,000 titles, has grown to 42 distribution centers nationwide and more than 70,000 DVD titles. It delivers 1.5 million DVDs each day and recently launched an online movie download service with about 1,000 titles.

The top five titles delivered by Netflix over the years were "Crash," "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," "Walk the Line," "Hotel Rwanda" and "Million Dollar Baby."