Roku

There are plenty of ways to get streaming video onto your big living-room screen. Internet-connected “smart” TVs and gaming consoles such as the Xbox or PlayStation can do the trick. But stand-alone devices tend to offer more features and more video services to choose from. Here’s a rundown of six of them.

Vibrant TV Network on Wednesday announced that its Vibrant TV streaming channel is now available on the Roku streaming platform. Vibrant TV features a wide array of entertainment from around […]

Streaming-device maker Roku bets again that putting on blinders to anything but streaming video will make the difference when it faces off with fresh rival products from Apple, Amazon and Google.

For Fusion, it’s all about building an audience. That’s why the digital media company and cable TV network today announced a new app on the over-the-top streaming service Roku.

It’s a big news for television and journalism between the Robert Durst arrest after his HBO documentary and Watchup adding Tribune’s cache of local news to its app. Not to be left out, ABC News went ahead and announced that it’s going to be available on Roku devices as of right now.

Ten percent of U.S. households with a broadband connection purchased a streaming-media device in the first nine months of this year, already matching last year’s tally. Roku’s lineup of set-top boxes and streaming sticks was still the most popular so far this year despite a strong dip, securing 29% of sales in the first nine months.

Roku has launched a new white-label program dubbed Roku Powered that makes the company’s streaming devices available to pay TV operators. Roku Powered devices feature the brand of the operator, and also give the operator the power to exclude certain apps.

If Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is the star of the Internet video-streaming phenomenon, then Roku CEO Anthony Wood is the best supporting actor. Wood shares his views on the convergence of Internet video and television i

NEW YORK (AP) — Google’s much-talked-about $35 Chromecast streaming device is remarkable for its low cost. Its main problem, however: It works with a limited number of video services. Recently, […]

Amazon’s streaming-video device is anticipated later today, but Anthony Wood — inventor of the DVR and founder and CEO of Roku — already sees boxes and dongles as stepping stones to TV’s ultimate future.

Roku has long argued that bigger rivals end up helping Roku when they release streaming-video boxes. CEO Anthony Wood allows that Apple TV does result in lost money — for Apple.

Former News Corp. international executive Matthew Anderson has been tapped as chief marketing officer at Roku, which offers a device able to deliver digital content to TV screens. Already serving as a strategic adviser to the company, he becomes its first CMO.

The online video provider is looking to give TV stations and newspapers a platform to stream live and on-demand video to Roku and other over-the-top devices.

A new $60 million investment from BSkyB, News Corp. and Hearst Corp.is earmarked for a push away from the streaming box and into services like promoting channels, the company’sCEO Anthony Wood says.

Canby Telcom will launch its new EZVideo Pay TV Lite service in Portland that will deliver eight live, linear streams from seven stations to subscribers’ Roku OTT devices. The service has permission from all the stations involved and they will receive retrans payments.

There’s a wide field of players with no shortage of innovative — but often flawed — strategies. Here’s how they stack up.

The Consumer Electronics Show officially kicked off this morning and already pay TV and content providers have announced some new toys, services and tactics.

Roku today struck its first deals with a U.S. multichannel distributor and broadcast network. Time Warner Cable will make live simulcasts of as many as 300 linear channels to those who subscribe to both its video and data plans in addition to owning Roku boxes. Separately, Fox will make next-day access to episodes of its primetime series available on the streaming device to users who can authenticate their subscriptions with participating pay TV providers.

Roku, the maker of a nifty device that plays a variety of content over televisions, is getting $45 million in a new round of investment from News Corp. and British Sky Broadcasting.

The streaming platform partners with the satellite TV provider to launch a service featuring 50 international channels, without the need for a dish.

Roku today announced that it is producing a “Streaming Stick” that can convert any television with an HDMI port into a smart device. The stick, available later this year, includes built-in WiFi, processor, memory and software.

Roku, the box that propels over-the-top TV, said it is offering a less expensive version, while continuing to bulk up its content offerings. Still, the newest content addition carries no risk of cord-cutting for the programmer.

Roku, the streaming video player, is adding the ability to see Facebook videos and pictures right on your TV. There are already several channels you can see on Roku, and Facebook Photos has been one of them. Now the channel is getting a big upgrade and it’s another example of internet video coming to the living room.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —The addictive video game “Angry Birds” will be migrating to television screens this summer. The move is being made possible by Roku Inc. It’s adding Angry Birds […]

Roku VP Jim Funk says 15% to 20% of its users said they cut cable or satellite service after buying a Roku unit. And another 15% to 20% downgraded their service. “We’re seeing [cord cutting], but in the scheme of the whole country, it’s small. But I think it’s a trend.”

The Morgan Murphy CBS affiliate in Madison, Wis., is using Roku to deliver local news from its Channel3000.com to consumers TV sets. “Our new Roku channel will extend the WISC-TV over-the-air brand and our Channel3000.com brand by making it easy to view our Web video on television,” said Brian Burns.

The Roku XD player — an $80 set-top that lets users stream video from Netflix and other services over broadband pipes — is now available for purchase at Best Buy stores nationwide and at BestBuy.com. The unit is a 5-by-5-by-1-inch box that provides support for up to 1080p HD streaming support and includes 802.11n Wi-Fi.