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Roku

Roku Inc. makes streaming media players and smart TVs, and operates an ad-supported streaming platform and channel ecosystem.

Known aliases

  • Roku Inc.

Current stories

productOne report1 publisher

Pandora's October price rise puts its cheapest plan level with rivals' student rates

Pandora is raising paid plans by at least $1 a month, with Plus at $5.99 and Premium at $11.99 for current subscribers from October 22. Pandora ties the rise only to investment in recommendations and reliability, while the bill still depends on which store a subscriber pays through.

Publishers:engadget.com

Reality

Evidence60
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+5
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence60
productConfirmed3 publishers

Amazon moves Prime Video shopping from a typed search into the X-Ray panel

Amazon's new Shop tab opens from the Fire TV remote, and Shop the Show now covers more than 8,000 US titles instead of 1,300. Lens scene matching runs on more than 600, and every purchase still finishes in the phone app.

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers
Builder
Builder 22%
Operator
Operator 56%
Investor
Investor 22%

Reality

Evidence58
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+12
Incentives70
Confidence62
productOne report1 publisher

CXMT pitches new DRAM platform to electronics makers, but only CXMT has measured it

China's largest DRAM maker has two 24-gigabit LPDDR5X parts in mass production and says the platform behind them matches the industry's most advanced nodes. The only measurements behind that claim are CXMT's own.

Publishers:thenextweb.com

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption32
Hype gap+38
Incentives78
Confidence55
productOne report1 publisher

Streamers rebuild the cable guide to spare viewers the episode-picking screen

The Verge's Charles Pulliam-Moore argues that streamers are re-creating cable from first principles. The evidence he offers is interface design, and that is what decides how a product team should read it.

Publishers:theverge.com

Reality

Evidence35
Adoption45
Hype gap+20
Incentives30
Confidence50
productOne report1 publisher

Roku starts reselling streaming subscriptions as bundles discounted up to 30 percent

More than 30 combinations went on sale in the US and Mexico under Roku's own Premium Subscriptions product, with Roku owning both the storefront and the screen where a household changes what it pays for.

Publishers:9to5google.com

Reality

Evidence34
Adoption38
Hype gap+26
Incentives74
Confidence42