This piece, which I saw linked to on a Verge article, makes for interesting reading. Roku is still losing money because they sell the hardware so cheaply, but they're aggressive in their demands from channels because they have a dominant share of the streaming market:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-11/streaming-box-king-roku-is-under-seige-from-amazon-and-apple In the UK, Roku would seem to be much smaller. They power Now TV boxes (Sky's streaming offering for cord-cutters/nevers, which is also providing the streaming technology that will seemingly power Peacock), but I reckon Amazon has the lion's share here. I don't think I've seen a TV with Roku built in either. On Sat, Feb 1, 2020 at 5:40 PM Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > I wrote a note to Roku customer service politely telling them that if they > followed through with this jackass stunt, they'd find two fewer Roku > devices in use come Monday. > > It's as if they watched millions of people get pissed with their cable > companies over the past decade or two and went "Hey: we gotta get us a > piece of that!" > > On Fri, Jan 31, 2020, 22:16 Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > >> They reached an eleventh hour deal. >> >> https://www.engadget.com/2020/01/31/roku-fox-super-bowl-liv/ >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yyGW2EpB%2BED%2BeAbXBHHy_nyUPV_g_4QDrmDAAA8ZD1%2BUA%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yyGW2EpB%2BED%2BeAbXBHHy_nyUPV_g_4QDrmDAAA8ZD1%2BUA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABru7%2BcK0ECHygPSTtX8uA0JJNL9mM03AnAyHTozNYPJwd5CaA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABru7%2BcK0ECHygPSTtX8uA0JJNL9mM03AnAyHTozNYPJwd5CaA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGDOCMepk6rzbWZpjQ0n0ya_QgTC2JWF2PHEUG9bLga5OA%40mail.gmail.com.
