Netflix is an American media-services provider and production company headquartered in Los Gatos, California, founded in 1997. The company's primary business is its subscription-based streaming service, which offers online streaming of a library of films and television programmes, including those produced in-house. As of April 2019, Netflix had over 148 million paid subscriptions worldwide, including 60 million in the United States, and over 154 million subscriptions total, including free trials. It is available almost worldwide, except in a few regions such as mainland China (due to local restrictions) as well as Syria, North Korea, Iran and Crimea (due to US sanctions).