Roku, the popular media streaming giant, is all set to bring its ad-supported TV channel to the UK, all of which contents will be free. The viewer can watch more than 10,000 movies, which will be aired by Roku on demand along with TV series and several other documentaries. The various shows going to be broadcast by Roku also include some famous names such as Skins, Fifth Gear, The Wicker Man, and Get Carter. The viewers can get access to the Roku channel on Roku devices along with TV sticks and set up boxes of Sky Q. Also, the streaming quality of the aired programs goes up to 1080p depending upon the hardware used by the people and the content.
All the content aired by Roku will be available for free for the users. However, there will be a dispersion of advertisements throughout the show. It will be irrespective of the fact of what content you are watching on the channel. Meanwhile, Roku has stated that the channels will try its level best that viewers shouldn’t get perturbed with the advertisements dispersed throughout the show. The channel will try to show ads in only that much quantity in which the users see on other streaming platforms. The media streaming giant will strive to show the ads only during the original break slots for advertisements of the shows. The viewers need not watch unwanted ads before they start watching the shows. Also, the channel said that it wouldn’t allow similar ads to play again in a period of half an hour.
Amidst all, it is worthwhile to mention that Roku was launched initially in the year 2017 in the US and until then it has expended its services to a more considerable extent. The channels expanded its services by starting multiple shows, including live news and online web player, along with exhibits dedicated to kids and families also. Roku earned a big name for itself in the world of streaming services when it upgraded its TV with the use of USBs into smart TVs. It is significant to know that it was the first such stick that brought Netflix to be aired on TV in the year 2008. More significantly, in the year 2019, Roku also gets the ability to subscribe to the providers of TV contents and paying them within the channels of Roku, such as HBO, Showtime, Starz, etc.
Apart from that, the vice president of the programming section of Roku, Rob Holmes, said that there is a vast opportunity to subscribe to multiple services, and this is increasing too. However, there is a limitation to what people can pay, and the channel has all those services in its basket. He further said that people now could pick more free shows and content from our channel and can supplement their viewing experience. The chain is all set to change the background of UK TV on the matter of premium content also but all that on-demand. The channels have boasted that it has more than 40 content partners who are ready to deliver materials, including Teletubbies, Bob the Builder, etc.
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