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The Roku Channel. Website. www.roku.com. Roku (/ ˈroʊkuː / ROH-koo) is a brand owned by the American tech company Roku, Inc. It is used to market consumer electronic products such as smart TVs, streaming players (and their operating systems), as well as a free streaming service.
History (stylized in all caps), formerly and commonly known as the History Channel, is an American pay television network and flagship channel owned by A&E Networks, a joint venture between Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company 's General Entertainment Content Division. The network was originally focused on history-based, social ...
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]
U (streaming service) U (formerly known as UKTV Play) is a video on demand service owned by UKTV, which is operated by the BBC 's commercial subsidiary BBC Studios. The service launched on 4 August 2014 and offers catch-up programming and live broadcasts from UKTV's free-to-air channels (U&Dave, U&Drama, U&W, U&Yesterday and U&Eden [1]).
The Roku OS is a Linux-based streaming platform which runs "free channels" and "subscription channels". The operating system powers Roku TVs, streaming devices and smart speakers. [ 7 ][ 8 ][ 14 ] According to Roku, the operating system is able to run on "low power chips" using small memory footprints. [ 29 ]
Free advertising-supported streaming television (FAST) is a category of streaming television services which offer traditional linear television programming ("live TV") and studio-produced movies without a paid subscription, funded exclusively by advertising akin to over-the-air or cable TV stations. Platforms following this model include Pluto ...
Co-productions. See also. References. List of The Roku Channel original programming. Appearance. 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 Proof Is Out There: The Alien Edition. The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch. Swamp Mysteries With Troy Landry. Swamp People. Swamp People: Serpent Invasion. The Toys That Built America. The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd. The UnXplained. The UnXplained: Mysteries of the Universe.