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It would be wrong to say the streaming business got back to normal in 2021.
Actors even resumed making in-person appearances on talk shows a sure sign Hollywood was healing.
Here are the five trends and developments I think best defined the year.
There was almost no way Netflix and Disney+ were ever going to match their 2020 performances.
Its also worth noting that Max made these gains with a less-than-stellar slate of Warners movies.
(Jeff Bezos evenweighed in, sort of.)
There was some truth in that complaint, but in 2021, you heard it a lot less often.
And yet … its hard to argue either platform had a spectacular year, either.
Peacock is headed into its third year still far away from being considered a must-have service for most consumers.
But it would hardly be a game changer.
As for Paramount+, which debuted last spring, its still admittedly early days.
Of course, the two P platforms arguably had a better year than Discovery+.
That, and whether or not the newGame of ThronesandLord of the Ringsprojects lived up to the hype.
