Roku Announces New Streaming Player Line-up for Canada
September 19 2019 - 09:01AM
Business Wire
New Roku Express is Smaller and Can be
Powered by Most TVs; Roku Premiere Delivers 4K Streaming for
Just CAD 49.99 Live Linear Channels Now on The Roku Channel
in Canada
Roku, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROKU) today unveiled its 2019
streaming player lineup for Canada, consisting of three models.
Roku® launched a redesigned Roku Express, offering easy HD
streaming in a sleek new form factor. Brand new to the Canadian
line-up is the Roku Premiere which delivers 4K streaming with HDR,
starting from CAD 49.99. The existing Roku Streaming Stick+ will
remain in the 2019 line-up, offering powerful portability,
exceptional wireless performance and vibrant 4K HDR picture
quality. Roku also announced that it is adding free live linear
channels to The Roku Channel in Canada, with the first linear
channels expected to arrive before the end of the month.
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“We are delivering more value and improved picture quality
across the new 2019 streaming player line up for Canada. The Roku
Premiere delivers 4K HDR for a more immersive TV experience,” said
Lloyd Klarke, Director Product Management at Roku. “Whether you are
new to streaming or demand more advanced features such as better
Wi-Fi, 4K HDR and voice search, we have the right streaming player
for everyone.”
Roku Express
The Roku Express is 10% smaller than its predecessor, is sleek
and designed to blend in and disappear when connected to a TV. It
can be fully powered by most TVs to reduce clutter around the TV.
With the Roku Express consumers can enjoy easy and smooth HD
streaming. In the box a simple remote control is included with
popular streaming channel shortcut buttons, a High Speed HDMI®
cable and a power cord.
Roku Premiere
The Roku Premiere is a simple way to start streaming in HD, 4K
Ultra HD or 4K HDR. It features a powerful quad-core processor and
comes in a low-profile form factor. In the box a Premium High Speed
HDMI® cable is included plus remote control with popular streaming
channel shortcut buttons and a power cord.
All Roku streaming devices in Canada provide access to thousands
of free and paid streaming services, including: Netflix, Prime
Video, The Roku Channel, DAZN, Global TV, CBS All Access, Acorn TV,
hayu, Britbox, VMedia and many more. Additionally, Roku players and
Roku TVs can be used with the free Roku mobile app for iOS and
Android, to enjoy private listening, voice search and more.
New on The Roku Channel: Live Linear
The Roku Channel launched in Canada in 2018 and has quickly
gained popularity. No subscriptions, fees or logins are required to
access hundreds of free movies, TV shows and documentaries, with a
selection of box office hits and TV shows featured every month.
Next to on-demand entertainment, Roku users in Canada will soon
be able to access 14 live linear channel on The Roku Channel, from
various publishers:
- Law & Crime ‒ Watch the courtroom drama unfold live
and get in depth legal analysis on the day’s biggest crime and
legal stories.
- Now This ‒ Now This is the most watched mobile
news brand in the world, providing the latest in video news,
investigative reports, interviews and original series.
- AllTime ‒ AllTime aims to bring you the most
informative, fascinating and engaging top 10 videos.
- TMZ ‒ Get your daily dose of pop culture from the
TMZ channel featuring programs such as TMZ Sports, The Hollywood
Beatdown, TMZ TV, TMZ Chatter and more.
- AFV ‒ America’s Funniest Home Videos (AFV) shines
the spotlight on hilarious videos to bring you America’s
“real-life” funny moments captured on video.
- Fail Army ‒ FailArmy is the world’s number one source
for epic fail videos and hilarious compilations.
- Pet Collective ‒ The Pet Collective is home to the top
trending clips, most entertaining memes, and funniest animal
videos.
- People Are Awesome ‒ People Are Awesome is the number
one destination for amazing, original videos and compilations of
ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
- Adventure Sports Network ‒ Adventure Sports
Network (ASN) is the worldwide leader in adventure sports, outdoor,
lifestyle and travel.
- Food52 ‒ Come on by the Food52 test kitchen. Our
award-winning editors and kitchen experts—like Genius Recipes’s
Kristen Miglore and Dear Test Kitchen’s Josh Cohen—are here to help
with dinner tonight, weekend meal prep, cookie emergencies, you
name it.
- Tastemade ‒ Planning your next adventure abroad
or at home? Tastemade shows you how it’s done. Whether expanding
your palate or your itinerary, Tastemade presents even more of the
things you love. Hundreds of hours of original shows, streaming
straight to you.
- FilmRise Free Movies ‒ Catch film stars like Owen
Wilson, Emma Stone, Morgan Freeman and more in our massive
selection of free blockbusters.
- FilmRise Crime ‒ The best Crime TV to satisfy the
sleuths among us.
- FilmRise Classic TV ‒ Catch primetime smash hits
like 21 Jump Street and Hunter all day long.
Availability and Pricing
The 2019 Roku streaming player line-up in Canada will be
available beginning early October from Best Buy, Walmart, Amazon,
Staples, The Source, London Drugs and other fine retailers:
- Roku Express: MSRP CAD 39.99
- Roku Premiere: MSRP CAD 49.99
- Roku Streaming Stick+: MSRP CAD 89.99
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. Roku TV™ models and Roku
streaming players are available around the world through direct
retail sales and licensing arrangements with TV OEMs 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.
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, features
and availability of Roku streaming players and Roku TV models and
the availability of new linear channels on The Roku Channel in
Canada. 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
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could cause our actual results to differ materially are detailed
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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
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