Fox Corp. is buying streaming platform Roku in a cash-and-stock deal valued at approximately $22 billion, including debt.
The deal will give Fox access to the Roku channel, first-party data and more than 100 million global streaming households. Fox oversees a massive media network that includes sports, news and entertainment, as well as Tubi.
The companies said Monday that Roku will continue t be run as an open, partner-friendly platform. Fox and Roku said that the combined company will become the third-largest player in U.S. television by share of viewing.
Roku is such trash. Normalizing a locked down “OS” with ads on the screen. I guarantee Fox will make it so much worse! When the time comes to buy a new TV, I’ll for sure be going with literally anything without the Roku OS on it.
I just wanna stream from my android and run 3rd party apps for fuck sakes. I bought the product, I should be able to choose what I do with it.