Roku v/s ISPs
Thoughts on the ongoing battle between Roku and ISPs in US (Comcast and Att) 1. Comcast is giving out flex (their version or roku stick) for free. Assuming att will come out with one soon if they haven’t already. Other ISPs around the world likely to follow. 2. The hardware from these ISPs (like flex from comcast) will run a “glorified” version of android tv. 3. It seems to be a matter of time before these free boxes from the major ISP providers in US will replace roku and make the need for having roku obsolete. i.e. Anyone with an internet connection can get as many streaming boxes as they need for free which do the same thing as what roku does today. I personally think ISPs around the world will have no choice but to also provide a streaming box as part of their plans. The need of the hour is an open source platform and Android TV fits the bill. So how many years before Roku goes the dinosaur route? (poll) P.S. The same applies to fire tv, apple tv etc but unlike roku, those companies will be fine without this additional product.
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Netflix, Flex started around a year ago. Do you have any data abot flex usage so far?
I used Flex and it sucks. Gave it back, dont even want it for free, takes space in my house.
Netflix might be right. ISPs are also cord companies and they have to make predatory moves to save themselves. I see Roku trying to promote the Roku channel nowadays so guess they're looking to diversify too.
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The Roku Channel in generally doesn’t have a lot of interesting things to watch but some good content gets added from time to time. It’s a good complimentary to paid subscriptions and that’s what Roku wants it to be. I see better and better content coming to the service as we gain market share. UI has been consistent because it works. Similar to the IOS experience, same UI for a very long time. This doesn’t mean there isn’t focus to innovate the UI/UX and that the experience won’t evolve.
I am curious. What’s the rationale behind ISPs offering those boxes? Doesn’t that cost more?
Upsell TV packages? Take a cut on movie rentals? At least that's what I assumed when they offered me. I'm on internet only plan
That doesn’t impact their bottomline. They will collect it back few cents a month through some special fee.