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No guys. You do not have Roku on your Samsung TV. No, Amazon does not have Roku. That is the Roku channel. Since Roku launched the Roku channel there has been a constant misunderstanding about what the channel/app actually is and what it does. The Roku channel is not a free service. It is not…
The Disney YouTube TV standoff ended the way things like this almost always do. Everything fell into place within days of the deadline. In this case, the agreement came on the other side of the deadline. But along the way I observed something curious. I saw a lot of YouTube TV subscribers cheering the idea…
Well OK folks here we are. I guess it’s now time to start truly wondering if we’re going to see a black out between Disney and YouTube TV. Unlike the more recent disagreements between YouTube and Roku, which were hashed out a day before the deadline here we are on the day of without an…
The latest carrier issue in streaming, fresh on the heels of “the great Roku crisis”, is the announcement that Disney could pull its numerous channels which include ESPN’s channels, Free Form and ABC-owned affiliates off of YouTube TV. Will the channels get pulled? As with the YouTube TV/Comcast tug of war earlier in the year,…
Roku users have been peppered with news that they will lose YouTube this week. That reporting has been terribly problematic and lacking in specifics. For the record, there is a rift between YouTube and Roku that involves how Roku shares data with YouTube as well as (according to Roku) a disagreement as to how YouTube…
