Roku reaffirms desire to work with other content providers
by Darren Murph 
posted Sep 25th 2008 at 9:17AM
We hear you loud and clear Roku -- now go prove to someone other than Netflix that your box is worth toying with. At the recent Streaming Media West conference, Roku CEO Anthony Wood reiterated details that we already knew: it really, really wants to work with companies other than Netflix. Said Wood, "We're opening up the platform to anyone who wants to put their video service on this box," and he continued by stating that "we're going to release the software developer kit, so anyone can publish any channel, and users can access web content on their TVs." Of course, both Netflix and Roku knew from the get-go that the relationship would involve other partners, though it remains to be seen who's willing to call for seconds at Roku's shindig.[Via CNET]
Filed under: Industry, Media streamers, Set-top boxes, Others, Internet
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
squiggleslash @ Sep 25th 2008 9:30AM
Go Hulu, go Hulu...
Still waiting for the revision 2 box, that contains enough memory to buffer an HD movie.
phidjit @ Sep 25th 2008 10:19AM
Dear Roku,
Hulu.com
- phidjit
b r i a n @ Sep 25th 2008 12:01PM
Roku is not to be trusted:
Their HD media player never lived up to the claims they made for it on the thing's own packaging. It's a wonder no one's slapped them with a class action suit.
(For example: They actually sold the thing with iTunes visualizer-like graphics shown on the side of the box--in actuality, it was a bit more like an old (malfunctioning) arcade game, Qix.)
Their customer service also has a disturbing tendency to disconnect tech support callers with troublesome questions.
Roku--words like shady, sleazy, and unethical come to mind.
Buyers, beware.