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Alan’s Universe on The Roku Channel

Roku has partnered with actor, writer and producer, Alan Chikin Chow, to bring his popular YouTube series Alan’s Universe to The Roku Channel, marking the first time that the creator’s content will be available outside of YouTube. Alan’s Universe is a high school anthology series about love, friendships, and heart. The series follows Alan and […]

March 25, 2025

Roku FY revenue up 18%

Roku, the streaming specialist has reported its full year 2024 results. Total net revenue stood at $4.1 billion (€3.9bn), up 18 per cent year over year (YoY) and platform revenue was $3.5 billion, up 18 per cent YoY and up 15 per cent YoY excluding political ad spend. Gross profit was $1.8 billion, up 19 […]

February 14, 2025

Pro Volleyball Federation signs Roku deal

Pro Volleyball Federation (PVF) and Roku have announced a multi-year partnership in the US, which marks Roku’s first women’s professional sports partnership. Roku will broadcast 20 PVF matches during the 2025 season. Combined with PVF’s recently signed CBS Sports and Fox Sports deals, this increases the league’s national television coverage by 350 per cent compared […]

January 10, 2025

Crunchyroll now on The Roku Channel

Roku has announced the launch of Crunchyroll on The Roku Channel in the US. Crunchyroll, the global anime brand, offers fans access to a streaming library of anime content. Roku customers can subscribe to Crunchyroll for $7.99 (€7.69) per month or $79.99 per year to gain ad-free access to more than 25,000 hours of anime, […]

December 20, 2024By Nik Roseveare

BET+ Essential launches on The Roku Channel

Roku, the TV streaming platform, and BET+, the streaming service dedicated to Black content, have announced the launch of BET+ Essential on The Roku Channel in the US. BET+ Essential provides Roku viewers access to the entire BET+ content library with minimal ads at $5.99 per month, compared with the existing, ad-free premium subscription option […]

November 20, 2024

Roku launching Roku Sports Channel

Roku has unveiled Roku Sports Channel – a new FAST channel, launching in the US on August 12th – that brings all of Roku’s sports content into a dedicated experience for sports fans. Roku Sports Channel will feature a range of popular sports programming that Roku owns and licenses. Featured content will include live Major […]

August 7, 2024

The Goldbergs FAST channel on Roku

Roku and Sony Pictures Television (SPT) have finalised a streaming deal for the celebrated sitcom The Goldbergs to be made available for free on The Roku Channel in the US. For the first time, all 10 seasons will be featured on a dedicated FAST channel, exclusively streaming on The Roku Channel starting August 1st. The […]

July 31, 2024

TNBC rebrands to NBC Comedy Vault

NBCUniversal has announced that its TNBC FAST channel will rebrand as NBC Comedy Vault from June 1st. Audiences can celebrate Pride Month on the rebranded channel with the debut of Seasons 1-8 of NBC’s celebrated sitcom Will & Grace. Other iconic titles on the channel includes Charles in Charge and Coach, and Major Dad will […]

May 31, 2024

Insight TV content on The Roku Channel

Insight TV, the millennial-focused channel operator, has announced a partnership with Roku to bring its content to The Roku Channel viewers across the UK, the US, Canada and Mexico. The partnership sees Insight TV’s range of content now available on the Roku platform, offering viewers an array of programming completely free via The Roku Channel. […]

May 20, 2024

Roku Q1 revenue up 19% YoY

Roku, the streaming specialist, has reported that Q1 platform revenue stood at $755 million (€703m), up 19 per cent YoY. Gross profit was at $388 million, up 15 per cent. Streaming households hit 81.6 million, a net increase of 1.6 million from Q4 2023. Streaming hours were at 30.8 billion, up 5.7 billion hours YoY. […]

April 26, 2024