#Roku tech, patents prove its potential for delivering “interruptive” #ads
That business model has pushed Roku to experiment with new ways of showing ads that test users’ tolerance. The company claims that it doesn't want ads on its platform to be considered intrusive, but there are reasons to be skeptical about Roku's pledge.
#advertising #privacy
https://www.lovenba.com/1566163/ WHAT?!? The 4th-Seeded Denver Nuggets Just Fired HC Michael Malone?!?! | The Rich Eisen Show #Baseball #Basketball #CFP #ChrisBrockman #CollegeFootball #DelTufo #DenverNuggets #Football #MLB #NBA #NFL #NFLNetwork #NorthwestDivision #PopCulture #RichEisen #RichEisenShow #Roku #Sports #SuperBowl #TJJefferson #WesternConference
CNBC+ jetzt auf Apple TV und Roku verfügbar
Der Wirtschaftsnachrichtensender CNBC hat seinen Streaming-Dienst CNBC+ ab sofort für Nutzer von Apple TV HD- und Apple TV 4K-Geräten verfügbar gemacht. Damit erweitert CNBC die Reichweite seines Angebots, das bis Ende 2024 bereits auf iOS, A
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/cnbc-jetzt-auf-apple-tv-und-roku-verfuegbar/
#News #TV #Abonnement #AppleTV #CNBC #CNBCApp #LiveStream #OnDemandInhalte #Roku #StreamingDienst #Wirtschaftsnachrichten
Just finished watching 'THE BLACKENING' on the #Roku channel and it was FUN!! I think the horror/comedy genre is hard to get right, so I won't really fault it for being a better comedy than it was a horror movie. 
If you don't know what movie I'm talking about, here's the trailer...
Without doubt, #ads integrated into a #TV operating system are seriously annoying, but I’m still grappling with the concept of ‘idle TV’. Why does one not turn off their TV when leaving the room or when not watching something on it?
#advertising #TV #Vizio #Roku #Telly
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/cheap-tvs-incessant-advertising-reaches-troubling-new-lows/
#Jellyfin on #Roku 3.0.1 is scheduled for release on the Roku channel store today at 5:00 PM Pacific Time
Bug Fixes
-Fix playlist playback starting from specific item
-Fix displaying all episodes if TV series is in collection
-Cleanup lyrics as new songs are loaded
-Fix Rotten Tomatoes Typo
-Don't crash if Music Artist is missing
-Fix recently added episode image
-Fix go to season/series in recently added episodes
-Fix type mismatch in user policy
-Fix TV episode selection box color
-Fix live TV playback error on home screen
Setting Changes
-Create setting allowing users to remember applied library filters
Full release notes: https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-roku/releases/tag/3.0.1
Wow. What a whirlwind of a day!
We have 3 PRs ready for review to fix some bugs found in #jellyfin on #Roku 3.0.0 and 1 already merged.
We helped no less than 6293 people know their jellyfin servers are out of date 
And watched 2 episodes of #StarTrekTNG.
It's happening. It's happening!
#Jellyfin on #Roku 3.0.0 has been released!
Announcement Blog Post: https://jellyfin.org/posts/roku-300
Release Notes: https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-roku/releases/tag/3.0.0
#Roku #Amazon and practically every company in the #streaming business are inventing new ways to make money off your data. Your #TV is watching you https://www.vox.com/technology/405879/roku-amazon-netflix-moana-disney
The dark pattern I hate the MOST is when you pause a show on #Roku and after a while it goes to the screensaver. But it you pick up the remote and hit “play,” it hijacks your selection and thinks you hit play on whatever ad they were showing you in the little billboard on the bottom.
To actually unpause your show you have to hit any other button to get back to the show before unpausing.
Alan Chikin Chow’s Hit YouTube Series ‘Alan’s Universe’ Expands To Roku Channel https://www.byteseu.com/859462/ #AlanChikinChow #Chelsea #Entertainment #Roku #RokuChannel #RokuMedia #YouTube
@dankeykang i also block port 2350, as the #roku (yeah, i have one) will attempt #dns bypass to seemingly random aws servers on that port
Roku Tests Showing Ads Before the Home Screen Loads
image via wired.comReports of Roku customers seeing video ads automatically play before they could view the OS’ home screen started appearing online this week. A Reddit user, for example, posted yesterday: “I just turned on my Roku and got an … ad for a movie, before I got to the regular Roku home screen.” Multiple apparent users reported seeing an ad for the movie Moana 2. The ads have a close option, but some users appear to have not seen it.
https://www.wired.com/story/roku-tests-showing-video-ads-before-the-home-screen-loads/
Roku shares surge 7.10% following Guggenheim Securities' optimistic forecast, predicting strong free cash flow growth despite slight target price adjustment
#YonhapInfomax #Roku #WallStreet #StockSurge #FreeCashFlow #StreamingEcosystem #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=54900
3/ #ROKU video auto playing ad #Enshittification update
TL;DR Quote, "So there's video on the home screen now. And we -- and we're selling that increasingly to just consumer packaged goods to all the different verticals.""
Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference Call
March 05, 2025, 15:20 ET
Anthony Wood - Founder, Chairman, President & CEO
..."So what we're focused on is growing -- this year, is growing platform revenue by implementing our strategy. And our strategy really has three prongs. One is to really lean into our home screen. The fact that, like I said, households with 125 million people every day, turn on their TV, they see our home screen, they begin -- they use that experience to decide what they want to watch. They also engage with that experience, but there's actually a lot of opportunities to put ads in that experience itself.
Like, for example, we just added a video ad to our home screen that is used by a whole bunch of different verticals, including car companies, which I like to -- it's a great way to have massive reach instantly for a video ad. So anyway, so leaning more into our home screen. There's a lot of things we can do there."...
..."And our home screen was not one of the things we historically focused on. We focused on keeping it simple. We focused on a great viewer experience. There's Iconic, our viewers love it. It's different than all our competitors, which all tend to look alike. But we didn't really focus on how can we use it to drive our business. And so that's what we're doing now."...
..."Other examples. We added -- we have the marquee ad unit which is on our home screen, which used to be just banner ads and it used to be just M&E ads. We added video to that. So there's video on the home screen now. And we -- and we're selling that increasingly to just consumer packaged goods to all the different verticals."
Roku testing auto-play video ads before loading the home screen
When I posted about #Roku autoplaying ads on the home screen It had not started for me yet. I just had my first autoplaying ad.
I literally hit the home button to take it off screensaver so I could open #Jellyfin on #Viv and an #ad for Mona movie played with the audio.
This #enshittification has pissed me off to my core. I have been a Roku owner since it was branded the Netflix Player. Matter of fact I still have that first ever device somewhere in a box in the garage.
This is out of bounds
If you want to leave comments at Roku, here is a thread that is going on about it to comment at or at least give "Kudos": https://community.roku.com/t5/Features-settings-updates/Video-Ads-Autoplaying-on-Homescreen/m-p/1051447
