in the company also gave Quickflix access to HBO's back catalogue of shows until 2015. Customers could combine a streaming and disc rental subscription for a discount. History Quickflix was founded by Bill Keech, Sam McDonagh and Stephen Langsford, who were shortly afterwards joined by Simon Hodge. Langsford and Hodge would continue as long serving executives and directors following the company's launch in 2003 in Perth, Western Australia. Langsford had previously founded internet and web development group Method + Madness, which was acquired by Sausage Software; he also founded consulting, information technology and venturing group Change Corporation in 2002, which was similarly acquired by CSG Limited in 2007. The company would attract prominent business figures Bruce Gordon, Lachlan Murdoch and Domenic Carosa as investors. Quickflix was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in 2005, but was delisted in 2017. In December 2005, Quickflix acquired rival company HomeScreen, a move that doubled the Quickflix customer base. In 2006, Quickflix launched movie downloads, competing against BigPond Movies. In April 2011, Quickflix announced the dispatch of their 10 millionth DVD, a copy of Shrek Forever After. In July 2011, BigPond Movies revealed that they would no longer continue their DVD-by-mail service, selling their library of 50,000 titles to Quickflix. In that same month Quickflix announced that they would launch a subscription video streaming service initially on a selection of Sony's internet-connected devices, with the service eventually launching on 27 October 2011. Quickflix streaming became available on PCs and Macintosh computers, and on the PlayStation 3 later that same year. In January 2012, Quickflix announced a deal that would bring their service to Samsung TVs, mobiles and tablets, with Microsoft signing a deal to make Quickflix streaming available on Xbox 360 consoles later that year. The Quickflix app was installed as a stock app on a number of Windows Phone devices for a time. In March 2012 Quickflix launched their streaming service in New Zealand. That same month, US premium TV network HBO, a division of global media giant Time Warner, invested $10 million in Quickflix for a strategic stake. However the following year saw the company face a temporary cash flow crisis that saw four of its six board members quit and its CEO depart. By 2014 Quickflix was established as Australia's leading streaming service, and had boasted more than 182,000 subscribers as of June of that year. However, facing stagnating subscriber numbers,