Another week and more sports deals are in place for streaming services. That news takes a backseat to the news of Roku’s new active user number along with details from the HBO Max and Amazon deal to bring the service to Fire devices. The episode rounds out with a discussion regarding the importance of movies and streaming services and in what way they make a difference.

News Rundown

Netflix:

Netflix price increases hit UK: https://deadline.com/2021/01/netflix-uk-price-hike-1234666403/

Netflix orders drama series ‘The Lincoln Lawyer’: https://deadline.com/2021/01/the-lincoln-lawyer-drama-david-e-kelley-netflix-series-order-manuel-garcia-rulfo-star-formerly-at-cbs-1234666034/

Netflix and Kevin Hart sign film deal: https://deadline.com/2021/01/kevin-hart-netflix-exclusive-deal-adam-sandler-size-hartbeat-productions-four-movies-eight-figure-deal-1234671161/

Netflix touts at least one film a week for 2021: https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/12/22225703/netflix-2021-movie-slate-release-ryan-reynolds-gal-gadot-dwayne-johnson-zack-snyder

Hulu:

Hulu offers service to students for an extremely low price: https://www.engadget.com/hulu-student-plan-ad-supported-171857688.html

Apple TV+:

Apple lands untitled sci-fi project: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/andy-samberg-andy-siara-noah-hawley-ben-stiller-team-for-untitled-sci-fi-project-at-apple-exclusive

HBO Max:

AT&T CFO says COVID is a reality they can’t change: https://deadline.com/2021/01/att-cfo-john-stephens-warner-bros-has-long-history-working-with-talent-but-covid-is-a-reality-we-cant-change-1234664943/

Has HBO lost half of its viewers since ‘Game of Thrones’ ended: https://junkee.com/hbo-max-game-of-thrones/283941

According to a report, HBO Max deal on Amazon involved AWS contract extension: https://thestreamable.com/news/report-warnermedia-extended-aws-deal-to-get-out-of-prime-video-channels

HBO Max officially revives ‘Sex and the City’ with ‘And Just Like That…’: https://deadline.com/2021/01/sex-and-the-city-revival-official-hbo-max-no-kim-cattrall-michael-patrick-king-ep-1234670669/

HBO Max acquires ‘Perfect Life’ and commits to a second season: https://deadline.com/2021/01/hbo-max-perfect-life-season-2-moviestar-1234670925/

Peacock:

Supercross and Pro Motocross move to Peacock Premium tier in 2021: https://thestreamable.com/news/nbc-sports-supercross-and-pro-motocross-moving-to-peacock-premium-in-2021

Charter customers will now get free Peacock Premium due to a new distribution deal: https://deadline.com/2021/01/nbcuniversal-charter-distribution-deal-free-trial-for-peacock-premium-1234666671/

Peacock launches 24-hour entertainment news network: https://deadline.com/2021/01/lit-launches-on-peacock-nbcuniversal-1234667286/

All Premier League matches will now be available on-demand on Peacock: https://thestreamable.com/news/all-premier-league-matches-will-be-available-on-demand-with-peacock-starting-january-12th

Niche Streaming Services:

Struum announced; streaming service to help find niche content: https://deadline.com/2021/01/michael-eisners-tornante-invests-struum-new-former-discovery-disney-execs-helps-consumers-find-streaming-content-1234666438/

ESPN+ starts lining up new studio shows: https://deadline.com/2021/01/espn-plus-sportsnation-stephen-a-smith-studio-streaming-push-1234666037/

Other Streaming News:

Roku lands over 51 millions active accounts: https://deadline.com/2021/01/roku-hits-51-million-active-accounts-streaming-hours-surge-2020-1234665590/

Roku confirms that they have licensed Quibi’s content minus the daily news shows: https://deadline.com/2021/01/roku-confirms-quibi-deal-global-rights-streaming-shows-1234667170/

Discussions

2020’s top films are arguably streaming films: https://www.theverge.com/22215274/wonder-woman-1984-hamilton-hbo-max-disney-plus-numbers-streaming-success

Trailers

Locked Down on HBO Max (01/14/21): https://youtu.be/mepeWor5JPk

Everyone is Doing Great on Hulu (01/13/21): https://youtu.be/LeY4cqirbXQ

Non Non Biyori Nonstop on Crunchyroll (01/2021): https://youtu.be/L_vkdXOgoj8

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