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Netflix

The streaming service that ordered and released House of Cards.

Netflix is the streaming service behind House of Cards. It ordered the political drama straight to series from the studio MRC, outbidding American cable networks.

The first season was released on 1 February 2013, marketed as the first Netflix Original.

Quick Facts

Language count
56
Location
Los Gatos, California, US
Country of origin
United States
Area served
Worldwide (except China, Crimea, North Korea, Russia, and Syria)
Industry
Entertainment, mass media
Products
  • Streaming television
  • video on demand
  • digital distribution
Services
  • Film production
  • film distribution
  • television production
  • television distribution
Parent
Netflix, Inc.

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Background

All the episodes of each season were released at once, one of the first shows to drop a whole season in one go.

Its pilot, "Chapter 1", was the first streaming episode to get a major Emmy nomination.

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