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Roku, Hitachi Team For Smart TVs
Hitachi America has added itself to the list of TV makers that will offer smart TVs using the Roku platform. The company expects to...
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Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV Gain On Roku, Chromecast
Amazon’s Fire TV and Apple TV are gaining on Roku in U.S. sales share, but Roku is holding on to its top spot even...
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The Near Future Of Voice Control
See also: What The Future Of Voice Control Looks Like In Smart Homes Awareness: Voice control of smartphones is building awareness of the potential...
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Samsung, Roku Eliminating Need For Comcast Cable Boxes
Consumers with Samsung smart TVs, Roku players, and Roku TVs won’t need a Comcast cable box to get all of their Comcast content, including...
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Roku’s New Streaming Stick Is Slimmer & Faster Than Ever
A new $49 Roku Streaming Stick gets slimmer and runs faster than its predecessor, and it lets consumers listen privately to soundtracks through headphones...
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TCL Adds 4K Roku TVs, Steps Up Promotion, Expands Distribution
TCL wants to maintain its status as the fastest-growing TV brand in the U.S. by rolling out its first 4K Ultra HD Roku TVs...
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First 4K Roku TVs Hit Market With Insignia Launch By Best Buy
The first 4K Ultra HD TVs running the Roku TV smart-TV OS became available today under Best Buy’s Insignia brand, Roku announced. But they...
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Roku TV OS Expanding To More TVs, Including First 4K TVs
The Roku TV smart-TV OS will expand to almost 60 TVs this year in the U.S. and Canada compared to almost 40 in 2015,...
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Roku Is Winning The Streaming-Video Device Game
More consumers use a Roku streaming-media player than any other brand of streaming player, a Parks Associates survey found. Parks also found that the...
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Roku 4 Review
While 4K streaming choices are quite limited at the moment, Andrew Cunninghman of Ars Technica gives the Roku 4 high marks for being future-proof...
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Roku Steps Up To Ultra HD 4K Streaming
Roku will put streaming video into sharper focus with the launch this month of its first Ultra HD 4K set-top streaming player, the $129...
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Google’s New Chromecast: Watch Out Roku & Apple TV
Google’s new $35 Chromecast could pose an even larger threat to cord-cutting rivals Roku, Apple and Amazon. “The new Chromecast brings enhancements in hardware...
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New Take On Old TV/DVD Players
Compact TV/DVD players for the bedroom were big deals back in the ’90s, and now one company is updating the concept to reflect 2015...
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Strategy Analytics Lauds Roku 3 Search
Boston – Roku’s recently updated Roku 3 streaming settop box excels in its ability to search for movies, TV shows and actors/directors across top...
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Amazon Tops Media-Streamer Market In Q1
Boston — Amazon’s Fire TV is tops in market share for digital media streaming devices in the U.S., according to the latest Strategy Analytics...
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As Cord-Cutting Flourishes, Pay-TV Providers Adapt
LONDON — As consumers increasingly flock to overthe- top video solutions in an effort to save money and “cut the cord,” traditional pay-TV providers...
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Roku Updates Two A/V Streamers For TVs
Saratoga, Calif. — Roku added voice search to its top-end Roku 3 streaming A/V player and accelerated the performance of its Roku 2. The...
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Vudu Rolling Out Spark Dongle
Santa Clara, Calif. — Wal-Mart’s streaming-movie service Vudu has started a soft launch of a TV dongle called Spark that can link non-smart TVs...
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OTT Streamers Deliver The Yuletide Shmeer
Just eight days until Christmas and the streaming TV market continues to heat up with enough channels, offers and capabilities to make a cable...
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RCA TVs Look Big, Carry Small Roku Sticks
San Diego — RCA TV, the line of value-oriented TVs made and sold in the United States by Korea’s On Corp., under license from...
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TCL, Hisense Kick Off Roku TV Launches
New York — The first TVs fully integrated with Roku smart-TV technology are about to launch from Chinese TV makers TCL and Hisense, the...
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DVDO Debuts Roku Ultra HD HDMI Switcher
Sunnyvale, Calif. — DVDO introduced Tuesday the Roku Ready certified Quick6R 4K Ultra HD HDMI switcher. Customers can access more than 1,500 streaming channels...
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Roku Leads U.S. Streaming Player Market: Report
Roku was the best-selling streaming media player in the U.S. in 2013, accounting for 46% of purchases in the category, well ahead of its...
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Roku Pushes ‘National Streaming Day’
Saratoga, Calif. – In honor of the anniversary and the impact Roku has had on TV, Saratoga Mayor Emily Lo will bestow the proclamation...
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Roku 3 Set-Top Box Adds Power, Simplicity
SARATOGA, CALIF. – Streaming entertainment-on-demand service Roku introduced the latest addition to its lineup of set-top boxes last week, offering a more powerful processor...
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