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The Roku Channel was launched in September 2017 as a free, ad-supported streaming television service ("FAST"), [1] [12] available to viewers in the U.S. [13] Roku's CEO Anthony Wood stated in the same month that the channel was a "way for content owners to publish their content on Roku without writing an app". [14]
The Roku Channel is an American streaming service which launched in September 2017. [1] In 2021, The Roku Channel began releasing original programming branded as "Roku Originals", including acquisitions from the defunct Quibi service.
The Roku OS includes the Roku Channel Store, featuring a collection of apps Roku calls "channels". [34] The operating system allows users to browse streaming channels available, displayed in a grid format. [8] [35] According to mobile app analytics company 42matters, there were over 26,000 apps available in the Roku Channel Store in 2023. [36]
The company first launched its live TV channel guide in 2020 as part of its broader free streaming hub, The Roku Channel, where Roku owners can also stream ad-supported TV shows and movies.
It has limited access to the Roku Channel Store and only a pre-approved list of channels can be downloaded. A number of third-party channels can be side-loaded to the device using its Developer Mode. In August 2015, Sky launched the Now TV Box 2 (based around a 2015 Roku 2) in black.
The channels are not quite household names — but today, they combine for 4.1% of the entire TV viewership market, according to Nielsen. That’s more than either Hulu or Amazon Prime Video.
Frndly TV is an American streaming television service that offers live TV, on demand video and cloud-based DVR [3] for over 40 live television networks. [4] Frndly TV has a channel lineup with a focus on family-friendly programming, [5] and includes U.S. networks Hallmark Channel, [6] The Weather Channel, A&E, History, Lifetime, MeTV, Story Television, and Up TV.
As per Nielsen's monthly streaming ratings for the US market, called "The Gauge", three of the FAST services were in the Top 10 of all streaming services in 2023. In the September 2023 ratings, [18] Tubi, with 1.3% of viewing, ranked fifth among all streaming services, The Roku Channel, with 1.1% ranked seventh, and Pluto TV, with 0.8% ranked ...