CTV-enabled devices (mainly smart TVs and TV sticks) are used by at least 200 million users in the US alone.
The Roku Originals launch will feature award-winning, scripted, alternative, and reality programming. Some of the titles include Die Hart, #FreeRayshawn, Reno 911!, Punk’d, and Chrissy’s Court.
With more than 25,000 free movies and series, Roku Originals will bring “bold, fresh entertainment from the biggest names in Hollywood.”
A possible reason behind posting this new position is Roku acquiring global rights to failing startup Quibi’s 75 original shows back in early January.
NordVPN is a service that has thousands of servers all over the world. They allow you to browse the Internet freely in almost every region of the world.
The Roku Channel has 10,000+ ad-supported movies and TV episodes and now users will be able to watch those and paid premium entertainment inside the Roku Channel.
Roku will be sending Roku OS 8.2 and 9 with Google Assistant support over-the-air, so keep an eye out for that.
Advertising is without a doubt a necessary component for many forms of content creation, but many consumers are growing tired of it.
The Roku Express is being priced at an aggressive $29.99, and it’s obvious competition is Google’s Chromecast.
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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that AOL has entered into a deal with Apple to bring its original content to Apple’s streaming box. It seems Apple is working with a number of content providers to broaden its offerings.
VentureBeat is reporting that new studies show a drop in several types of Chromecast streaming. Even with everybody streaming video more than ever, it seems that traffic is on the decline for Google’s plucky little HDMI dongle. It looks like some of the early buzz has softened for some users.
Reuters has detailed a new Cisco report indicating that internet traffic from video consumption continues to show signs of increase. Currently 78% of traffic is from video and that is expected to increase to 84% by 2018. This is not at all a surprise to most of us in the tech world but it is a metric that could be used in the hotly debated net neutrality topic.
Odds are pretty good that you’ve heard of Roku, even if you don’t own one. Roku is one of the most popular streaming set-top box makers in the world, bringing high definition video entertainment directly into your living room almost exclusively via a small, square, purple box.
The times are always changing, and the latest craze is streaming dongles like the Google Chromecast.
Amazon announced their new stream box, on Wednesday, beautifully named Fire TV. For $99 this compact set-top box boasts a Qualcomm quad core CPU, 8GB of internal storage, 2GB of RAM and dual band, dual antenna WiFi (because no one likes waiting for their movies to buffer). All you need is an HDMI cable and a high definition TV and you’re good to go! According to Amazon the specs alone makes it roughly 3x faster than both Apple TV and the Roku 3. Fire TV packs alot of…fire power (I know I know but I couldn’t resist).
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