The Apple TV App and Apple TV+ Coming to the Roku Platform
October 15 2019 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Roku Users Can Enjoy the Apple TV App
Starting Today and Watch Apple TV+ Original Shows and Movies
Beginning November 1
Roku, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROKU) announced the Apple TV app is
available on the Roku® platform starting today. For the first time
ever, Roku users can add the Apple TV app via the Roku Channel
Store to discover and watch movies, TV shows and more, including
accessing their iTunes video library and subscribing to Apple TV
channels directly on Roku devices. Starting November 1, Apple TV+,
Apple’s home for all-original shows and movies from the world’s
greatest storytellers, will be available on the Apple TV app on the
Roku platform.
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“With the Apple TV app coming to Roku, our customers will enjoy
an even broader range of exciting entertainment, including the
highly anticipated Apple TV+ service,” said Scott Rosenberg, Senior
Vice President and General Manager of Platform Business, Roku.
“Roku is a valuable partner for content providers looking to reach
a large and engaged audience, and we’re looking forward to bringing
this new option to Roku users.”
Apple TV App
Through the Apple TV app on their Roku devices, customers can
enjoy personalized recommendations of shows and movies; subscribe
directly to Apple TV channels and more using their Apple ID and
password; browse, buy or rent more than 100,000 movies and TV
shows; and watch all the shows and movies they have previously
purchased from iTunes.
Apple TV+
Beginning November 1, Apple TV+ will be available in the Apple
TV app on Roku, giving users access to exclusive shows, movies and
documentaries from the most celebrated creative artists, including
Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Jennifer Aniston, Reese
Witherspoon, Octavia Spencer, J.J. Abrams, Jason Momoa, M. Night
Shyamalan, Jon M. Chu and more. Roku users can subscribe to Apple
TV+ right in the Apple TV app on their Roku devices for $4.99 per
month with a seven-day free trial. Apple TV+ subscribers can also
watch on the Apple TV app on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, iPod touch,
Mac and other platforms, including the web (https://tv.apple.com).
For more information about Apple TV+, please visit
https://www.apple.com/apple-tv-plus/.
Availability
Supported Roku streaming devices* can add the Apple TV app for
free starting today. Apple TV+ through the Apple TV app will be
available in supported regions starting on November 1. In addition
to the U.S., the Apple TV app is available to Roku users in the
following markets: Argentina, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,
El Salvador, France, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua,
Panama, Peru, Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom.
About Roku, Inc.
Roku pioneered streaming to the TV. We connect users to the
streaming content they love, enable content publishers to build and
monetize large audiences, and provide advertisers with unique
capabilities to engage consumers. RokuTV™ models and Roku streaming
players are available in select countries around the world through
direct retail sales and licensing arrangements with TV brands and
service operators. Roku audio products are available in the U.S.
through direct retail sales. Roku is headquartered in Los Gatos,
Calif. U.S.A.
About Apple
Apple revolutionized personal technology with the introduction
of the Macintosh in 1984. Today, Apple leads the world in
innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV.
Apple’s four software platforms — iOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS —
provide seamless experiences across all Apple devices and empower
people with breakthrough services including the App Store, Apple
Music, Apple Pay and iCloud. Apple’s more than 100,000 employees
are dedicated to making the best products on earth, and to leaving
the world better than we found it.
This press release contains “forward-looking” statements that
are based on our beliefs and assumptions and on information
currently available to us on the date of this press release.
Forward-looking statements may involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results,
performance or achievements to be materially different from those
expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These
statements include but are not limited to the benefits, impact, and
features of the Apple TV app and Apple TV+ through the Apple TV app
and the availability and timing of the Apple TV App and Apple TV+
through the Apple TV app on the Roku platform. Except as required
by law, we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking
statements publicly, or to update the reasons actual results could
differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking
statements, even if new information becomes available in the
future. Important factors that could cause our actual results to
differ materially are detailed from time to time in the reports
Roku, Inc. files with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 and
our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30,
2019. Copies of reports filed with the SEC are posted on Roku’s
website and are available from Roku without charge.
Roku and the Roku logo are registered trademarks and Roku TV is
a trademark of Roku, Inc. in the US and other countries. Trade
names, trademarks and service marks of other companies appearing in
this press release are the property of their respective
holders.
*The Apple TV app will not be supported by select older Roku
models.
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