Tag: Roku
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TCL is Giving Away 103 Roku TVs & Mohu Antennas
Want to win a TCL Roku TV & a Mohu Antenna? Right now TCL is celebrating national Cut the Cord Day by giving away 103 Roku TVs & Mohu Antennas. Update: TCL just confirmed to Cord Cutters News that the giveaway starts today at 9 AM Pacific. “Every year the number of cord-cutters continues to rise…
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TCL Roku TVs Are Coming to Canada
Today TCL the company behind the popular line of Roku TV’s announced that they are expanding into Canada. This will give Canadians access to Roku’s flagship TV manufacture. “We are thrilled about the Canadian market opportunity and look forward to bringing our successful TCL Roku TV™ models to Canada in Q3. In the first quarter…
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Roku is Launching an Ad Market Place for Buyers & Sellers
Over half of Roku’s revenue now comes from ad sales and subscriptions. To help grow that earlier this year Roku launch their own ad-supported streaming service called The Roku Channel. Now Roku has announced a new audience marketplace for ad sellers and buyers who want to advertise on Roku. Already major media companies have announced deals…
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Amazon Just Cut The Price of The Roku Ultra to $89
For the last few weeks, Amazon has had the Roku Ultra on sale for $89.99. Recently Amazon permanently marked down the 2017 Roku Ultra to just $89. No longer is the Roku Ultra listed as being on sale but now has a permanent price of $89. (Always subject to change.) If you look at Roku’s own website…
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Roku Controls 70% of All Cord Cutting
When it comes to cord cutting you may think of companies like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon. One you may want to give a second look at is Roku. In 2017, one in four TVs sold in the United States was a Roku TV. Multiple reports say over half of all streaming players sold in the…
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Roku Bans M3u Playlist Player as Their Piracy Crackdown Continues
After their recent defeat in a Mexican court over piracy on Roku, it looks like Roku is once again continuing their crackdown. According to users on Reddit now when you try to open the app a Copyright Claim shows up in place of the channel. This follows other popular private Roku channels being banned such…
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Amazon is Offering Up to $35 Off a Fire TV if You Trade in a Roku, Apple TV, Etc
Want to get a new Fire TV or Fire TV Cube? Right now Amazon is offering up to $35 off a Fire TV if you trade in a Roku, Apple TV, or Chromecast. Just don’t wait this is a limited time deal. How this works is you tell Amazon what device you want to trade…
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DIRECTV NOW is Offering Some Users $20 Off New Roku Sticks
DIRECTV NOW today started to contact some subscribers with a special offer to get $20 off a 2017 Roku Stick. We are not sure exactly how they are picking who gets the offers and who does not but it seems to be an effort to get users to upgrade to the more powerful 2017 Roku Stick.…
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Update: Hulu Has Restored Their Roku Channel (A Manual Update Maybe Needed)
Update: Hulu has successfully restored their Hulu Roku Channel. If you are still seeing the old Hulu Roku Channel with the grey background updating your Roku will restore your Hulu experience. To manually update your Roku start at the Roku home screen and select Settings. Next select System and there you will find an option…
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Report: Roku Plans to Launch an Amazon Channels Competitor
One of the main issues in cord cutting today is managing multiple streaming services. With the average streaming service costing between $5 and $10 a month, you can easily subscribe to multiple services and still save money. Amazon was one of the first to address this by offering Amazon Channels. With Amazon Channels you can…