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ROKU adds 17 new channels to the Live TV channel guide on its free, ad-supported platform, The Roku Channel to boost user engagement.
The Roku OS is the most popular TV operating system in the U.S., reaching an estimated 90 million households as of 2025. [4] [5] [6] The Roku OS works as a streaming platform that hosts both "free" and paid streaming channels through its graphical user interface. [7] [8] It has been reported to be easy to use and powerful.
The Roku Channel was launched in September 2017 as a free, ad-supported streaming television service ("FAST"), [1] [13] available to viewers in the U.S. [14] 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". [15]
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.
Roku has struck a deal with the X Games for its Roku Channel to become the U.S. streaming home of both the upcoming Winter 2025 competition in Aspen as well as an event set for next summer. The X ...
Roku device owners will be turning to the company’s built-in streaming service to watch tons of new movies in the coming days, plus Roku originals like Reno 911! Defunded, coming February 25, as ...
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Both free and paid "channels" are available, as are some games. Roku Streaming Players are open-platform devices with a freely available SDK that enables anyone to create new channels. [84] The channels are written in a Roku-specific language called BrightScript, a scripting language the company calls "similar to Visual Basic". [85]