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S. Charles Lee, the architect of hundreds of ornate Art Deco movie theaters, had a famous saying about his goal of engaging audiences before they settled into their seats: “The show starts on the sidewalk.” A century later, streaming services are taking a similar tack, leveraging their new place in…

Roku has sealed a multi-year deal for rights to Major League Baseball, setting a slate of 18 games to stream live and for free every Sunday. Billed as Sunday Leadoff, the early-window games appeared last season on Peacock. The shift to Roku marks a milestone in the ongoing migration of sports to…

EXCLUSIVE: Roku has set a Friday, July 5 premiere date for The Real Bros of Simi Valley: High School Reunion, also announcing seven newcomers to the cast. The list includes pro skateboarder Tony Hawk, elite snowboarder and skateboarder Shaun White, Zoey Deutch (Set It Up), Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf), Retta (T…

EXCLUSIVE: After a long journey across broadcast, cable and streaming, defying the odds multiple times, Nasim Pedrad's praised coming-of-age comedy series Chad is coming to an end. A spokesperson for the Roku Chanel, which released Chad’s second season, confirmed to Deadline that the streamer will not be…

EXCLUSIVE: Roku is bringing some laughter to the 1950s drama series Tightrope! The streamer has greenlit a comedy reimagining of the series starring Ty Burrell and executive produced by Bryan Cranston. According to Roku, the new series “reshapes the drama of the vintage 1950s series into a…

Roku had a busy Tuesday leading up to its annual NewFronts presentation for advertisers, announcing an Olympics team-up with NBCUniversal as well as measurement and ad pacts with iSpot and The Trade Desk. The Olympics partnership comes with less than 100 days to go before the Paris Olympics kick off…

EXCLUSIVE: Keanu Reeves and Gard Hollinger are embarking on a quest to find the origins of human creativity, which will be chronicled in a docuseries for Roku. The friends, longtime collaborators and Arch Motorcycle co-founders are headlining and executive producing the series, tentatively titled The Arch…

Roku CEO Anthony Wood collected a total pay package of $20.2 million in 2023, according to the company’s latest proxy filing. Charlie Collier, the veteran former TV exec who now leads Roku Media, got $6.8 million. The tally was far below the $53.3 million he took home in 2022, with the bulk of that…

Roku posted solid first-quarter financials, with positive results in several key metrics illustrating the benefits of ongoing price inflation in the streaming sector. Net losses totaled 35 cents a share, far better that Wall Street analysts’ consensus estimate of 62 cents and much narrower than the…

Following a data breach earlier this year affecting 15,000 user accounts, Roku has revealed a much larger security episode. In a blog post Friday, the streaming giant said 576,000 user accounts had been affected in the second breach. Roku noted that its investigation had found that it was not…

EXCLUSIVE: The Real Bros of Simi Valley, a parody of The Real Housewives and Jersey Shore, is going feature-length. Roku has greenlit a new feature The Real Bros of Simi Valley: High School Reunion, a spinoff of the series that previously aired on Facebook Watch. Related…

There’s no enthusiasm by Larry David for March Madness, as he revealed today on Roku’s The Rich Eisen Show. “Can I make an admission here This tournament – how much can I follow in sports? I’m supposed to know who’s on Drake? I mean, it’s crazy. Crazy! Is that Valparaiso? I know names on Valparaiso…