Roku has officially sold over five million set top boxes and proclaims that streaming will cannibalize cable.
Editor's Pick Within five minutes of turning on the Boxee TV, I was ready to return it.
Here's something you probably didn't know: Netflix abandoned plans to sell its own streaming "Netflix Player" device just weeks before it hit retail stores. That device would later become the first iteration of Roku's set-top box.
While the rise in set-top boxes is usually viewed as a sign that people are cutting their cable TV subscriptions in favor of streaming video, that may soon change.
Roku has added two new channels to its vast library that should make music fans very happy.
I love my parents, and always do whatever I can to upgrade their technology whenever possible. But when it comes to watching television, they've made one thing abundantly clear: They're not cutting the cord.
For those of you who take advantage of the Internet when watching TV, Roku's new universal search feature could be your most useful tool the next time you sit down to watch a video.
Guest Post Television is a tough business, and few innovators make it big. But these eight companies have defied the odds.
Roku finally slapped a price and retail date on its new Streaming media stick today, along with a few other announcements.
Big Fish is bringing thousands of games to its new service, Big Fish Unlimited, with all the benefits of cloud computing.
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In day one of its Google I/O developer conference yesterday, Google upped the ante with many long-term foes and entered some new spaces.
The company announced the latest version of Android, Jelly Bean. (I was hoping J would stand for …
Roku’s product chief, Tom Markworth, sat down with VentureBeat at South By Southwest to show off the company’s latest, as-yet-unreleased bit of hardware: the streaming stick.
These teeny, weeny gadgets will connect smart TVs to a plethora of over-the-top content, …
Roku is raising a $50 million round of funding in the next three months to help push its streaming media set-top boxes into more international markets, the company told Reuters today.
The company’s set-top boxes allow people in the U.S. …
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Anthony Wood (pictured) is Roku’s CEO, and at his house (he’s married with three kids), each person gets seven hours of TV each week — all sans cable, natch.
The family gets its fix primarily from Amazon’s pay-per-view video selection, …
U.K. owners of the streaming media set-top box Roku are getting a significant addition to the available content lineup today with an official BBC iPlayer channel.
Following Netflix’s lead, Roku launched its line of streaming media set-top boxes in the …
Set-top boxes are so 2011. Roku, a company that helped popularize cheap streaming video boxes, is out to changing the game with its new Streaming Stick.
The Stick, which is about the size of a USB flash drive, plugs into …
Apple may be deeper into the television project than we thought, as the company is reportedly visiting media companies to share its technology plans.
Since Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs was released, people have been buzzing about what the …
Roku has launched a new iPhone app for its streaming set-top boxes that turns your iPhone or iPad into a remote control.
Roku boxes, which range in price from $49-$99, allow people to access over 350 channels of content from …
Roku, the company known for its line of affordable set-top boxes, is planning to expand into U.K. and Canada, the company announced today.
The company’s set-top boxes, which range in price from $49-$99, allow people to access over 350 channels …
Roku will offer a new $50 model to its product line of streaming media set-top boxes, the company announced today.
The popularity of streaming media set-top boxes is on the rise over the last year. And compared to competitors like …
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