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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]
Roku has added a live, on-screen program guide to its free, ad-supported Roku Channel, enabling it to more closely emulate the experience of watching linear TV. In addition to the guide, Roku is ...
On sale for $900 as of this writing (regularly $1,000), the Roku 75-inch Plus QLED 4K Smart TV is the streaming company’s first 4K TV, offering the simple and easy-to-use menus and navigation ...
In 1981, United Video Satellite Group launched the first EPG service in North America, a cable channel known simply as The Electronic Program Guide.It allowed cable systems in the United States and Canada to provide on-screen listings to their subscribers 24 hours a day (displaying programming information up to 90 minutes in advance) on a dedicated cable channel.
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 tenth. Tubi noted in January 2025 that only 5% of its viewership came from the live streaming channels section of the Tubi app, which emphasizes its on-demand ...
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.
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These TVs are manufactured by companies other than Roku, and use the Roku user interface as the "brain" of the TV. Roku TVs are updated in the same way as Roku's streaming devices, though on a slightly modified schedule due to the extra features and picture/audio adjustment options the Roku TV menu interface must support. [93]