Week 110 – NR – Roku IPO, Streaming Partners, Amazon HQ2, Equifax

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. The show notes below include links to all these stories on Tech Narratives and original sources as appropriate. News stories we covered: • 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 You can also find the Beyond Devices Podcast on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-devices-podcast/id1002197313), in the Overcast app (https://overcast.fm/itunes1002197313/beyond-devices-podcast), or in your podcast app of choice. As ever, we welcome your feedback via Twitter (@jandawson / @aaronmiller), the website (podcast.beyonddevic.es), or email ([email protected]).