Roku Greenlights Second Season Of Kevin Hart Comedy Series
Roku celebrated the launch of its free original premium content Tuesday afternoon by announcing its hit exclusive new Kevin Hart comedy action series “Die Hart” has been renewed for a second season on The Roku Channel, under the title “Die Harter.” The premiere of the…
30 Roku Originals Programs, Channels To Premiere May 20th
Thirty “Roku Originals” programs are slated to make their debut on “The Roku Channel” beginning on May 20th — “Streaming Day”, the Roku smart TV and streaming devices platform and services developer revealed Thursday. The new Roku Originals features will be added to Roku’s rapidly…
Roku Reports Strong Q1 2021
Issues with Google’s YouTube TV aside, Roku continued to post positive results in its 2021 first quarter financial report with a 79% growth in net revenue year-on-year to $574.2 million. In the period, the streaming devices and services company reported an operating income of $75.8…
Quibi Content Rebranded “Roku Originals” For TRC
Roku, the smart TV streaming media solutions provider, officially revealed Wednesday that it is rebranding content from its acquisition of Quibi as “Roku Originals” to be offered through The Roku Channel on various streaming platforms and devices including all of those running the Roku OS….
Roku Channel Adds Slate Of Popular Free Kids’ Programs
In addition its expanding its range of first-run content, The Roku Channel (TRC) said this week it is broadening its library of popular kids content, available to stream for free. Roku’s mostly ad-supported portal for free streaming content and popular third-party premium subscription offerings, announced…
The Roku Channel Kicks Off First-Run TV Series
Roku began offering an exclusive new TV series, called Cypher, on The Roku Channel (TRC) Friday in what is expected to an expanding lineup of first-run programs and TV series available subscription free. Technically, Cypher isn’t a Roku original content production. The rights to stream…
The Roku Channel Comes To Fire TV
Owners of FireTV devices will find they now have access to Roku’s, The Roku Channel app, on rival Amazon’s streaming TV platform, offering viewers access to a large library of free ad-supported TV programs and movies. Roku announced the the update in a blog last…
Peacock Arrives On Roku Streaming Devices, and Roku TVs
Roku formally announced Monday that NBC Universal’s new premium streaming app Peacock has come to Roku streaming media players and Roku TVs. Roku and the media conglomerate struck a last-minute deal Friday, avoiding a looming blackout of nearly 50 NBC Universal TV Everywhere Apps ,…
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