The television industry loves its acronyms, and FAST (free, ad-supported, streaming TV) is the latest buzzy one.
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Roku is launching a voice assistant for smart speakers
Amazon’s Alexa, Google Assistant, Apple’s Siri, Microsoft’s Cortana and the rest of the voice-assistant gang will soon be getting a new member, from an unexpected source.
Set-top box maker Roku has announced plans to launch the ‘Roku Entertainment Assistant’ by this autumn, which will be used to control entertainment on its own devices, as well as those made by licensors of its software.
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Set-top box maker Roku files for $100m IPO
Smart-TV firm Roku has filed for an IPO that could see it raise up to $100m. The company made its name with a set-top box that brought streaming media and other internet applications to televisions.
According to its S-1 filing for the IPO, Roku has 15.1m active accounts, and generated 9.4bn ‘streaming hours’ in 2016, up from less than 1bn in 2012.
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Apple tipped to debut new Apple TV set-top box in June
Watch? Schmatch. Apple is planning to unveil a new version of its Apple TV set-top box in June at its WWDC event in San Francisco. At least, that’s what BuzzFeed […]
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Roku adds Spotify and Vevo to set-top boxes and Streaming Stick
Roku is best known for its connected set-top boxes for TVs, which provide a range of digital entertainment services.
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Roku set-top box making hay from music apps
Here’s more evidence that streaming music apps are going to be popular on connected TVs.