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Monday is National Streaming Day, an “unofficial holiday” invented by Roku. And while the company is using it as an excuse to mark down prices on some media streaming hardware, Roku is also offering some pretty nice streaming media deals.
Want to catch up on the latest shows or movies on STARZ, Acorn, Cinemax or Shudder? They’re just some of the channels that Roku is offering for $1 per month for up to 2 months when you subscribe through the Roku Channel. MGM+ and HIDIVE are also available for $1, while Britbox is on sale for $2 per month.

One thing to keep in mind is that you need to start your subscriptions by May 22 in order to qualify for those promotional prices… and make sure to cancel before the end of the promo period if you don’t want to pay full price in future months.
Here are some of the day’s best deals.
Streaming media deals
- STARZ for $1/month for up to 2 months – Roku Channel
- MGM+ for $1/month for up to 2 months – Roku Channel
- Cinemax for $1/month for up to 2 months – Roku Channel
- Shudder for $1/month for up to 2 months – Roku Channel
- Acorn TV for $1/month for up to 2 months – Roku Channel
- HIDIVE for $1/month for up to 2 months – Roku Channel
- Britbox for $2/month for up to 2 months – Roku Channel
- 1 month Apple TV+, 3 month Apple Music subscription free for eligible subscribers – Roku Channel
eBook deals
- Kindle Unlimited 3-month subscription for free – Amazon
- Amazon Book Sale – Amazon
- Name your price for a bundle of DRM-free sci-fi eBooks – StoryBundle
Other
- Lenovo Flex 3i 12″ convertible Chromebook w/Intel N100/4GB/64GB for $249 – Best Buy
- Lenovo Slim 7 14″ 2.8K laptop w/Core i7-1360P/16GB/512GB for $700 – B&H
- TerraMaster F4-210 4-bay NAS for $158 – Newegg Group Buy (discount price is unlocked when enough people order)

I’m always looking for sales like this but have no interest in any of those… except maybe Apple TV, but I refuse to have anything to do with their ecosystem.
I cancelled ALL my streaming nonsense. Eventually we will download the same anciant stuff again, but then really for “free”. For now it really doesn’t matter. I’m gone. Good riddance you MBA Greed-Heads!
Yep. I haven’t paid for Netflix, but I did use it because I got a free “Standard” subscription from my cell provider.
Netflix recently moved that “Standard” subscription down to the “Ad Supported” tier. The amount and length of the ads is insane, it is 100% what broadcast tv used to be, and if I had to pay for Netflix, I would cancel it.
As it is I have gone back to other ways to obtain content.
Amazon’s ads by contrast are better, if having ads can be better. I also don’t really pay for Prime Video, it is more of a bonus.