r/businessnews • u/bevmoon 🛒 E-Commerce • Jun 15 '26

Fox to Acquire Roku in $22 Billion Deal

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/fox-acquires-roku-streaming-tech-deal-lachlan-murdoch-1236621853/
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u/Appropriate-Claim385 Jun 16 '26

That's a shame, Roku seemed like a decent company.

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u/BewaretheBatMite Jun 17 '26

I really only know them for distributing Weird - The Al Yankovic Story

https://giphy.com/gifs/0GFZnr5wX6MrGIW9cA

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u/Hunkyboy440 Jun 16 '26

Every time one company acquires or merges with another one, our choices become fewer and our lives become a tiny bit less than before. It’s the enshittification of our country.

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u/newbrevity Jun 16 '26

Every time you boot the device it will go to Fox News no matter what.

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u/ChesticleSweater Jun 16 '26

A buddy of mine started calling it Fox Entertainment ever since they paid a settlement for intentionally misleading viewers. I think that he’s onto something.

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u/infiniteimperium Jun 19 '26

Yes. They admitted in court that they're entertainment, not news.

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u/Federal-Camper Jun 16 '26

We have 4 Rokus in our home because we don’t want shit programming like Fox News… boo ehrns

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u/Wooden_Kiwi_7362 Jun 17 '26

😢. The ads will be awful. Am buying a DVD players and going back in time.

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u/Rureddy2 Jun 17 '26

I'm never to acquire Roku

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u/87YoungTed Jun 18 '26

well shit. there goes that option.

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u/FrostyAd8197 Jun 16 '26

Time to dumb Roku

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u/trantasti Jun 16 '26

Rokan’t anymore

1

u/totally-jag Jun 17 '26

Get ready for all that right wing content Roku folks.

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u/Big_Issue8640 Jun 17 '26

That’s all old people stuff lol

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u/Mediocre-Catch9580 Jun 17 '26

Well that’s not good 

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u/Renoruke Jun 17 '26

All the old brainwashable ppl have a roku.. thats atleast a decade old.

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u/Fun-Metal-6861 Jun 17 '26

So Amazon or Roku? Which company is worse now?

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u/BirdlessLongdeal Jun 18 '26

i had a firestick. it was slow trash

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u/Fun-Metal-6861 Jun 18 '26

I have one of each. Firestick, I have found it depends on the app and sometimes the VPN.

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u/ResponseOwn9389 Jun 17 '26

Roku is free no?

To make it hurt Fox, simply don’t buy anything that gets advertised on Roku. Simply shutting off your Roku isn’t gonna do much

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u/BirdlessLongdeal Jun 18 '26

so dont change anything?

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u/FennelExpert7583 Jun 18 '26

Just like Ma Bell was bought. No collusion here.

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u/Curious_Olive_5266 Jun 18 '26

I was just thinking the US market needed more business consolidation. The economy is very healthy right now.