The Roku Channel to be Available as an App on Select Samsung Smart TVs in U.S. This Summer
March 20 2018 - 8:01AM
Business Wire
Will Give Customers Free Access to Hundreds of
Hollywood Hits and More
Roku, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROKU) today announced that The Roku Channel,
an AVOD app, is expected to be available this summer on select
Samsung smart TVs. Launched late last year, The Roku Channel is
already a top #20 channel on the Roku® platform offering consumers
hundreds of Hollywood hit movies and TV shows.
“The Roku Channel has been a tremendous success giving our
customers the free content they desire,” said Scott Rosenberg, GM
of Platform Business at Roku. “By broadening our distribution of
this app to other viewing platforms such as Samsung, the #1 TV
maker in the U.S., we are able to engage millions more consumers
with free ad-supported entertainment.”
The Roku Channel features quality films from leading studios and
content partners. Samsung customers will enjoy award winners and
big screen classics, whenever they want at no cost. There are
no subscriptions, fees or logins required to access The
Roku Channel. It is ad-supported and features approximately half
the advertising per programming hour as compared to traditional
linear TV.
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 streaming
players and Roku TVTM models are available around the world through
direct retail sales and licensing arrangements with TV OEMs and
service operators. Roku is headquartered in Los Gatos, Calif.
U.S.A.
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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 predictions on the
timing and availability of The Roku Channel on any other television
platforms or our ability to engage additional customers. Except as
required by law, we assume no obligation to update these
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Commission, including our Form 10-K for the quarter and year ended
December 31, 2017. Copies of reports filed with the SEC are posted
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