Showing 16 - 30 of 41 articles tagged "Roku"

• Posted Friday 4/30/21 at 1:34PM EDT

  Roku removes YouTube TV amid a contract dispute with Google

  The channel will still be available for existing YouTube TV customers, but new users that wish to download the app...

• Posted Monday 4/26/21 at 4:02PM EDT

  Roku users may lose YouTube TV

  On Monday, Roku accused Google of attempting to control the platform’s user experience in a way that favors its own...

• Posted Wednesday 4/21/21 at 1:54PM EDT

  Roku rebrands Quibi shows as "Roku Originals"

  The 75-plus shows that Roku acquired earlier this year from Quibi will officially drop the name of the shuttered shortform...

• Posted Friday 3/19/21 at 9:38PM EDT

  Roku acquires This Old House's full library

  The Emmy-winning PBS home improvement series' full library that includes more than 1,500 episodes is headed to Roku as the...

• Posted Tuesday 2/16/21 at 7:43PM EST

  Roku may be ready to produce its own original shows after buying Quibi's library

  According to Protocol, a job listing was recently placed seeking a “lead production attorney" to work on its “expanding slate...

• Posted Saturday 1/09/21 at 9:52AM EST

  Roku reportedly paid less than $100 million for the rights to Quibi's nearly $2 billion in content

  Deadline reports that though financial terms weren't disclosed, "the valuation is understood to be less than $100 million.

• Posted Friday 1/08/21 at 6:12AM EST

  Roku officially acquires Quibi's shows, will stream them for free on Roku Channel with ads

  As part of the deal, the licenses to Quibi shows will transfer to The Roku Channel, Roku's app, in the...

• Posted Monday 1/04/21 at 10:16AM EST

  Quibi is in talks to sell its content catalog to Roku

  The rights to the failed streaming service's shows could be acquired by Roku, reports The Wall Street Journal.

• Posted Wednesday 12/16/20 at 4:53PM EST

  HBO Max and Roku finally strike a deal

  The WarnerMedia streaming service will not only have access to Roku's 46 million active users starting Thursday, it will complete...

• Posted Thursday 11/26/20 at 5:42AM EST

  Streaming TV should be easy, but fights among Roku, Amazon, HBO and NBC are making it hard

  "Call it the collateral damage of the streaming wars, which bring you an enormous amount of choice about what you...

• Posted Friday 9/18/20 at 8:27PM EDT

  Peacock and Roku strike a deal

  NBC Universal's streaming service is finally coming to Roku two months after its launch.

• Posted Friday 7/17/20 at 1:35PM EDT

  Roku's stock is rising amid stalemates with Peacock and HBO Max

  The showdown with the two most recently launched streaming services has benefitted Roku, which has seen its stock rise 14%...

• Posted Friday 7/17/20 at 1:28AM EDT

  Money and data are behind Peacock's standstill with Roku

  "While the situation with Peacock isn’t identical to what’s going on with HBO Max (and HBO Original Recipe, which won’t...

• Posted Wednesday 7/15/20 at 2:22PM EDT

  Why Peacock and HBO Max have been deadlocked in their talks with Roku and Amazon

  Both brand-new streaming services have had to launch this summer without Roku and Amazon's big audience.

• Posted Thursday 5/28/20 at 6:37PM EDT

  HBO Max's conflict with Amazon and Roku, explained

  It's all about HBO Max wanting consumers to use its app, not Amazon Fire TV's or Roku's.