Forum - View topicNEWS: Fox Corporation to Acquire Roku
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Blanchimont
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Well, at least I know what my next TV won't be, or have on it.
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Tenbyakugon
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Makes FOX the first television company to own streaming service hardware, more than just the software like for what Disney (ABC) does with Disney+ (Hulu). Roku has the largest market share in both streaming services and devices that provide them.
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PilotPayback
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i'm not even really a roku guy, mostly a google tv guy. i'd rather just use a gtv streamer. in fact, i have been using it for...since 2021.
not really a fan of the roku ui, literally never have been. but i feel like thats a discussion for another day... |
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v1cious
 Posts: 6277 Location: Houston, TX |
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I'll still with my Firestick and Stemio.
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Kadmos1
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It was dumb for the AOL Time Warner, Disney-Fox, and AT&T Time Warner mergers to happen. It is wrong for Paramount Skydance trying to get WB Discovery. Fox Corp getting Tubi was fine but Roku is not.
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Meowtain Duwu
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I can’t believe I’m around in an age where these megacorps are getting increasingly longer and ridiculous names with each other company they gobble up. It’s so infuriating that these out-of-touch ultra rich CEOs don’t give a damn about what the wider public thinks of their rapidly-increasing greed. All they see are dollar signs. |
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Covnam
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So I guess this was the part of Fox that wasn't bought by Disney?
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Meowtain Duwu
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Correct. |
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Kadmos1
Posts: 13760 Location: In Phoenix but has an 85308 ZIP |
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Reason I am fine with Fox Corp getting Tubi is because the buy-out was a lot smaller. Now, if the Fox Corp never bought Tubi but just bought Roku, I would be a bit less opposed because they would have one less big streaming platform.
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SinisterOracle
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I’d never own or use anything Roku to begin with but this acquisition is another reminder of why mega corps should never exist.
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WatcherZer
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I thought Roku was retreating from the Karaoke hardware they used to make and repositioning as just a platform agnostic digital service company.
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Kruszer
 Posts: 8016 Location: Minnesota, USA |
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Yuck, I now feel filthy for owning one. I sincerely hope the deal falls through.
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wingweaver84
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.......They own Tubi? |
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NJ_
 Posts: 3409 Location: Wallington, NJ |
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Yes, since 2020 |
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Alphael
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They should add the option for an Al Bundy or Homer Simpson voice system.
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