This week’s News Roundup episode covers four major topics. We kick off with a discussion of the Roku IPO filing and the launch of the Roku movie channel, and the implications of the company’s increasingly ad- centric business model. Secondly, we discuss various streaming partnerships including T-Mobile giving away Netflix, Spotify bundling Hulu into its student subscriptions in the US, and Disney moving away from Netflix. Third is a discussion of Amazon’s search for a second headquarters, and we finish up with a brief chat about the Equifax hack.
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Show notes:
Here are some useful links relating to this week’s episode (Tech Narratives links unless otherwise stated):
- Roku IPO and channel:
Jan’s takes on Tech Narratives:
https://www.technarratives.com/2017/09/01/★-roku-files-to-go-public-loses-money-sees-ads-as-core-of-future-business-model/ (free post)
https://www.technarratives.com/2017/09/06/roku-launches-its-own-channel-showing-ad-supported-movies/ (paywall)
Roku S-1 filing:
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1428439/000119312517275689/d403225ds1.htm
Variety piece on Roku channel launch:
http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/roku-channel-avod-1202548017/ - Streaming partnerships:
T-Mobile & Netflix:
Jan’s Tech Narratives piece (free post):
https://www.technarratives.com/2017/09/06/★-t-mobile-announces-free-netflix-for-family-plan-subscribers/
T-Mobile announcement:
https://newsroom.t-mobile.com/news-and-blogs/tmobile-uncarrier-netflix.htm
Spotify-Hulu:
Jan’s Tech Narratives piece ($):
https://www.technarratives.com/2017/09/07/spotify-adds-hulu-to-5-per-month-us-college-student-subscription/
Variety news story:
http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/spotify-premium-hulu-student-bundle-1202549614/
Disney:
Jan’s Tech Narratives piece ($):
https://www.technarratives.com/2017/09/07/disney-says-streaming-service-coming-in-late-2019-will-include-lucasfilm-marvel/
CNBC news story:
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/07/disney-ceo-iger-marvel-star-wars-to-go-to-disneys-streaming-service.html - Amazon HQ2:
Jan’s take on Tech Narratives (free post):
https://www.technarratives.com/2017/09/07/★-amazon-announces-search-for-second-us-hq-location-invites-cities-to-make-pitches/
Amazon’s announcement:
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170907005717/en/Amazon-Opens-Search-Amazon-HQ2-–-Headquarters - Equifax hack:
Bloomberg story:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-07/three-equifax-executives-sold-stock-before-revealing-cyber-hack
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