SAN JOSE – Jan. 8, 2021 – Roku, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROKU) today announced that Roku® OS was the No. 1 smart TV OS sold in the U.S. and Canada according to NPD’s Weekly Retail Tracking Service. Roku TV™ held 38%…
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Roku Surpasses 50 Million Active Accounts
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Jan. 6, 2021 — Roku Inc. (NASDAQ: ROKU) today shared a significant milestone for the company and the industry. The company announced preliminary estimated data for the fourth quarter ending Dec. 31, 2020, of 51.2 million…
Latest Streaming TV Blackout Has Roku Removing the Charter Spectrum App
Removing channels from a TV lineup over carriage disputes is common in the pay-TV business. That legacy has found its way into the streaming TV business, but the blackouts are now about apps, with Roku removing the Charter Spectrum app…
Ugly Legacy Pay-TV Realities Emerge for Streaming Industry in the Form of Streaming TV Blackouts
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Legacy pay-tv consumers have been the victims of ugly battles between TV networks and pay-tv distributors (cable, DBS, and telcotv providers) for quite some time. Those same battles have come…
Report: Samsung Has Highest Streaming TV Market Share
More than a billion streaming TV and video devices are now in use worldwide, according to streaming TV market share research from Strategy Analytics. Researchers track devices in 27 countries. With a 17% market share, Samsung is the leading streaming…
Report: Internet-Connected Video Devices are in 67% of U.S. Broadband Homes
Two-thirds of U.S. broadband households own Internet-connected video devices, according to a new report from Parks Associates. The firm says that the devices, which include smart TVs, streaming media players, Internet-connected gaming consoles and connected PVR/DVRs, are serving for longer…
Roku Revamps Streaming Player Lineup with 7 Devices
Roku is the leading provider of streaming video devices and has played a large part in bringing streaming OTT video to the mainstream. The device manufacturer just announced a revamp to its streaming player lineup with seven devices that are…
Parks Finds 39% of Broadband Households with Streaming Media Players
Thirty-nine percent of U.S. broadband households own a streaming media player. That’s an uptick of 1% from 2018, according to Parks Associates. Despite the nearly flat growth, however, Parks’ “360 Deep Dive: Adoption and Use of Connected Video Devices” found…
Report: Roku Strengthens Top Position for Streaming TV Market Share, Amazon Fire TV a Distant Second
Streaming TV provider Roku accounted for more than 30% of platform sales during the first quarter of 2019, according to new streaming TV market share data from Strategy Analytics. The firm said that there now are more than 41 million…
Research: Nielsen Sees Streaming Video Devices Key to the “New Living Room”
New streaming video devices research from Nielsen suggests that those devices will play a key role in “the new living room” and can enable brands and publishers to reach demographics with whom it is difficult to connect in traditional linear…
Report: Connected TV Device Base Surpasses 1 Billion
Consumers and businesses have more than 1 billion connected television devices across the globe, according to an estimate of the connected TV device base from Strategy Analytics. Smart TVs have become widely popular with more than 60 percent of televisions…
Latest Sling TV Enhancements Push Streaming Service Towards A La Carte TV Model
The pay-TV business continues to evolve, with video providers experimenting with new models in the hopes of finding the right mix that appeals to a very diverse audience of consumers. The latest attempt comes from Sling TV, who will now…
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