Now Roku will be available on Amazon Fire TV stick as a channel on Amazon. Roku is an ad-based free streaming service platform.
Now Amazon Fire TV stick users can watch the Roku channel. The company executives estimate that the brand will reach 43 million people across the US at the end of the second quarter.
With the help of a Fire TV stick, the streaming platform wants to grab the international audience’s attention. Along with this, the company provides 100,000 ad-supported titles and 115 live TV channels. Amazon Fire TV stick is providing a global platform to Roku.
Apart from this, Amazon and Roku are competitors in set-top box manufacturing. However, Amazon earns most of its money from its products and services. Whereas, the primary income source of the streaming platform is advertising and subscriptions.
What is Roku?
Roku is a digital media player company which is manufactured by the American company Roku, Inc.
It was released on May 20, 2008, and the official website of the streaming platform is www.roku.com. The company’s devices provide access to streaming media content from various online platforms.
In addition to that, the company made its first model in collaboration with Netflix. Now, the company provides 100,000 ad-supported titles and 115 live TV channels. The most essential and primary income source of the company is advertising and subscriptions.
The Roku Channel launches today on Amazon Fire TV https://t.co/qg7XoVmqWU
— CNET (@CNET) October 8, 2020
According to the company, Roku is developing an application for Android and Apple devices. The company is taking all these measures to reach more people. Also, more people will provide more viewership, and more viewership will provide more income.
What is the Amazon Fire TV stick?
Amazon Fire TV stick is a media streaming device and micro-console. Amazon developed it in 2014, and the manufacturer of the amazon fire TV stick is Foxconn. This product converts a regular TV into a smart TV.
Additionally, users can also download Android applications through the inbuilt Amazon app Store.
It lets users stream videos, install apps, play music, play games, and many more on their TV. It also provides some pre-installed applications like Hotstar, Sony liv, Airtel Movies, Jio Cinema, Ganna, and many more.
Users can also stream premium contents of Amazon Prime, Netflix, YouTube premium, Disney+, Hotstar, and many more.
Apart from this, Amazon Fire TV stick comes with a voice search remote. It also comes with parental control settings.
In conclusion, Amazon Fire TV users will be able to watch Roku on their smart TVs. Also, the Roku audience will not have to watch the browser’s content or purchase something else.
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