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NASA launches channel on Roku
Includes live stream of NASA Television as well as real-time views of Earth from the ISS
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Roku ‘plans own version of Amazon Channels’
Service said to be planning to launch a marketplace for streaming channels
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Roku’s CEO says adverts are the company’s future
Company is gaining more revenue from its platform business than digital media players
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UKTV Play launches on Roku and NOW TV
App includes content from Dave, Yesterday, Really and Drama
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Global OTT streaming video viewing doubled in 2017
Majority of consumption through in-home devices according to new report from Conviva
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TiVo does device-agnostic with new platform for MVPDs
Building apps for Apple TV, Fire TV, Roku devices and MSO-managed Android TV boxes to help spur IP video migrations
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Roku acquires Danish audio streaming start-up
Increases speculation Roku wants to launch a smart speaker
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TRT World joins Roku
Turkey's first English broadcasting channel now available worldwide
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Roku debuts new devices and upgraded operating system
New players will also include a new operating system, Roku OS 8
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Two-thirds of millennials’ video consumption ‘not being measured’
Research by Omnicom Media Group agency, Hearts & Science
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STV Player launches on Roku
STV has launched STV Player on Roku streaming players in the UK. Viewers using Roku within STV’s licence area in Scotland will be able to...
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Roku delivers channels without code
Online video device maker Roku has released a significant update to its Direct Publisher platform, allowing content owners in the UK to launch streaming...
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Roku completes ‘biggest ever’ player launch
Roku has rolled out five new streaming devices in what it is calling the biggest player launch in its history. The new device line-up...
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Pocket streamer
The new Roku Streaming Stick is claimed to be the only pocket-sized streamer with a quad-core processor, offering eight times more processing power than...
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Sky plans Spanish Now TV launch
Sky is planning launch a version of its Now TV online service in Spain, according to the Sunday Telegraph. According to the report, Sky...
News
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Sky offering ‘Buy and Keep’ box sets
Sky Store is allowing its customers to buy and keep box sets permanently by delivering a DVD copy of purchased content to the customer....
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Business
Xfinity arriving on Roku
The Xfinity TV service is moving to Roku TVs and streaming players. Comcast has developed a new Xfinity TV Partner app designed specifically for...
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Opinion
OTT video services: Four questions to consider
With a third of UK broadband households now subscribing to at least one internet-delivered TV service, streaming services are growing steadily. The rise of...
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No advertising coming onto Netflix, promises CEO
“No advertising coming onto Netflix. Period.” So retorted Reed Hastings, CEO and co-founder of Netflix this week, after the streaming site began showing trailers...
News
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Sky launches Online TV box in Italy
Sky in Italy this week launched the Sky Online TV box. Similar to its NOW TV offering, the device turns a standard TV set...
News
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Retail OTT STBs to out-sell telco IPTV boxes
Global shipments of over-the-top (OTT) set-top boxes (STBs) sold at retail including Apple TV, Chromecast and Roku boxes, will overtake shipments of IPTV STBs...
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Tech and Engineering Emmy winners honoured
The recipients of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ (NATAS) 66th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards were honoured at a ceremony...
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Téléfrance gets UK debut
Globecast’s French television package, Téléfrance, has launched in the UK. The package is now available via a range of pay-TV platforms, including Now TV...
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Amazon Fire TV gets UK launch
The Amazon Fire TV became available for purchase for the first time in the UK yesterday, less than five months after it was launched...
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Third time lucky for Google’s TV?
Google used its Google I/O conference last month to announce the latest incarnation of a connected TV platform: Android TV.