Roku

20 Jul 2023

Roku and Shopify partnership brings easy checkout to streaming TV

Roku, one of the earliest streaming services to debut shoppable experiences, is rolling out new offerings. Top line Shopify and Roku are expanding their existing partnership in what they say is a first-of-its-kind offering that will let customers purchase products from Shopify merchants through Roku Action Ads. Between the lines Interested customers can press “OK” on their Roku remotes when they see an ad to learn more about the product, purchase directly from the TV and check out with Roku Pay. “Bringing a Shopify purchase experience to television for merchants is an industry first, and innovation opportunities like these are precisely the reason I came to Roku,” Peter Hamilton, senior director of ad innovation at Roku, said in a statement. [...]

15 May 2023

Roku’s new $100 home security system can send video to your TV

Customers will have the ability to monitor their home from their Roku Sticks and TVs. Roku introduced a home security starter kit on Wednesday as part of its expanding smart home product lineup. The Roku Home Monitoring System SE has a price tag of $100 and comes with a motion detector, wireless keypad, two entry sensors and an alarm. It's the latest addition to a line that includes security cameras, video doorbells and smart lights. Customers can order the system on Roku's website starting today, and the kit will be on sale at Walmart beginning May 15. No tools are required to install the devices, and the system can integrate with Google Assistant. Similar to Ring, Roku's home monitoring setup [...]

10 May 2023

Roku Ekes Out Q1 Revenue Growth of 1%

Roku Ekes Out Q1 Revenue Growth of 1%, Streaming Accounts Grow More Than Expected to Hit 71.6 Million Roku came in above analyst estimates on the top line for the first quarter of 2023, as it gained 1.6 million active streaming accounts in the period — also above Wall Street expectations. But the company told investors that the macroeconomic environment was still “challenged” in the quarter. The company posted Q1 sales of $741 million, up 1%, and a net loss of $193.6 million, or $1.38 per share. On average, Wall Street analysts were expecting Roku to post Q1 of $708.49 million and a net loss of $1.37 per share. Revenue in Roku’s Platform segment declined 1%, to $635 million. The [...]

24 Apr 2023

Viaplay launches on Roku devices in the US, Canada and the UK

A recent report from SVB MoffettNathanson suggested that the future for Roku will depend heavily on monetising connected TV and streaming, and as part of this drive it has inked a multi-year partnership with Viaplay Group in the UK, US and Canada. The new deal with the Nordic streamer will see Viaplay’s premium service available for subscription through Roku devices in the US, Canada and the UK. In the North American countries, Viaplay subscribers will be able to access over 1,500 hours of TV series and films, alongside curated third-party content. ies and much more. The Viaplay programming available in North America includes a selection of Nordic Noir that company is renowned for such as provocative young adult drama Threesome; [...]

22 Mar 2023

You can now buy a TV that’s entirely made by Roku

Roku now makes its own TVs. The Roku Select and Plus series televisions were announced at CES in January and hit shelves this week. There are 11 Roku TVs in total, spanning two different lineups and ranging between 24 and 75 inches. Prices start at $150 and top out at $1,200. These new Roku models are currently available only in Best Buy stores or online. The Roku Select series is the basic line, available in a mix of HD and 4K models. The HD versions start at $150 for a 24-inch TV and offer sizes up to 40 inches, which costs $280. 4K offerings begin at 43 inches for $320 and continues up to 75 inches for $800. The HD [...]

13 Mar 2023

Roku unveils Roku OS 12 with an emphasis on Live TV and Sports Roku has announced the next version of its smart TV OS. That’s Roku OS 12. Which has a focus on Live TV as well as Sports this time around. For Live TV, Roku is going to offer up local news. Which will allow users to watch live news channels personalized by location or stream channels from major cities across the US. This is thanks to Roku having over 350+ free linear TV streaming channels, across many different genres. And now, they’ll be available in one spot. Roku users will be able to search for “local news” on Roku and and also visit the Live TV Zone on [...]

20 Feb 2023

Roku

Roku Revenue Flat in Q4, Roku Channel Climbs to Reach 100 Million U.S. Viewers Streaming platform company tops Wall Street expectations for year-end 2022 quarter Roku’s fourth-quarter 2022 earnings came in above previously lowered expectations, as the company continued to see growth in its platform business. The streaming device and platform company posted revenue of $867.1 million, essentially flat year over year, and a net loss of $237.2 million (or $1.70 per share) for the period compared with net income of $23.7 million in Q4 2021. That was a healthy beat on the top line: Wall Street analysts on average expected revenue of $801.69 million and a loss of $1.73 per share, according to Refinitiv data. “Despite tightening advertising budgets [...]

06 Feb 2023

Roku and Tubi

Roku and Tubi to Launch Warner Bros. Discovery Free, Ad-Supported Channels, Featuring HBO’s ‘Westworld’ and More Deals also will bring 2,000 hours of on-demand WBD movies, TV series to Roku Channel and Tubi UPDATED: Roku and Fox Corp.’s Tubi are set to bring a big bucket of free, ad-supported content from Warner Bros. Discovery to their streaming platforms. Roku and Tubi are the first two partners for WBD’s new free, ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels. The deals come after Warner Bros. Discovery in December announced that it was removing several shows from HBO Max — including “Westworld,” “The Nevers,” “Raised by Wolves,” “FBoy Island,” “Legendary,” “Finding Magic Mike,” “Head of the Class” and “The Time Traveler’s Wife” — to license [...]

06 Jan 2023

Roku

Roku Announces First Smart TVs Designed and Made by the Company Roku has spent eight years of working with partners to produce HDTVs powered by its streaming tech. Now the company is rolling into the category itself with the first line of exclusively Roku-branded smart TVs. Scheduled to be available in the spring of 2023, the Roku Select and Roku Plus Series TVs will be available in 11 models ranging from 24- to 75-inch screen sizes, with retail prices starting at $119 and going up to $999. The company declined to disclose which manufacturing partner or partners it has enlisted to supply the Roku-branded TVs. Roku said it is not producing the units with any of its existing brand license [...]

09 Dec 2022

Warner Music

Warner Music Launches First Free FAST Channels, Exclusively on Roku Channel Warner Music Group has punched its way into the free, ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) segment, with the launch of a trio of genre-based channels exclusively on the Roku Channel. The new channels from the music company — WMX Pop, WMX Rock and WMX Hip-Hop — are now available to stream for free on the Roku Channel through the service’s Live TV Guide. WMG is giving Roku a three-month exclusive window on the FAST channels for the U.S. before widening distribution to other platforms. The new FAST channels come from WMX, the division WMG formed a year ago that houses the company’s content, ecommerce, fan experience and commercial services businesses. [...]