Quickflix

Quickflix Ltd.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryHome entertainment
Founded2003; 21 years ago (2003)
Defunct2021; 3 years ago (2021)
FateLiquidation
HeadquartersSydney, NSW, AUS
Area served
Australia
New Zealand
Key people
Stephen Langsford (founder)
ProductsOnline DVD and Blu-ray Disc rental, internet streaming
ParentKarma Media Holdings
WebsiteQuickflix.com.au

Quickflix was an Australian company that provided online DVD and Blu-ray Disc rental by mail as well as internet streaming of movies and television shows via online pay-per-view or subscription.

Initially established as an online disc rental company in 2003, Quickflix launched online movie downloads in 2006, and their streaming service in 2011.[1] By June 2014 the company had more than 182,000 subscribers.[2][3] Although the first major streaming service to operate in Australia, Quickflix quickly lost ground to much larger competitor Netflix entering the market in 2015, among others.[4] The company entered voluntary administration in early 2016, and was relaunched later that year under new owners.[5] After several more years of trading, Quickflix was wound up in September 2021.[6]

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  2. ^ "Report" (PDF). quickflix.com.au. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Quickflix welcomes competition". B and T. 14 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Quickflix haemorrhages customers in Q2 after Netflix launch". ZDNet. 31 July 2015.
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  6. ^ "NOTICE OF WINDING UP ORDER AND APPOINTMENT AS LIQUIDATOR/PROVISIONAL LIQUIDATOR". 23 September 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.