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: (free post) (paywall) Roku S-1 filing: Variety piece on Roku channel launch: • Streaming partnerships: T-Mobile & Netflix: Jan's Tech Narratives piece (free post): T-Mobile announcement: Spotify-Hulu: Jan's Tech Narratives piece ($): Variety news story: Disney: Jan's Tech Narratives piece ($): CNBC news story: • Amazon HQ2: Jan's take on Tech Narratives (free post): Amazon's announcement: • Equifax hack: Bloomberg story: You can also find the Beyond Devices Podcast on iTunes ( in the Overcast app ( or in your podcast app of choice. As ever, we welcome your feedback via Twitter (@jandawson / @aaronmiller), the website (podcast.beyonddevic.es), or email (jan@jackdawresearch.com).

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This episode was published on Sep 8, 2017.

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