Wordology, Roku

Roku is the company which supplies TVs with its own operating system and a number of devices to hook into other TVs for the purpose of bypassing the cable companies and providing streaming TV shows and movies. It has 52 million such devices in the market. Amazon has 30% of the streaming stick market and Roku 37%. In addition, one third of all branded smart TVs use the Roku operating system.


The Roku name comes from the Japanese word 六 (roku) meaning "six" and was named so because it was the sixth company that Anthony Wood, founder and CEO started.

New NFL Roku Channels

Here are the teams with a free Roku channel:
   

• New York Jets https://channelstore.roku.com/details/294094/new-york-jets
• Cowboys https://channelstore.roku.com/details/168822/cowboys-now
• 49ers https://channelstore.roku.com/details/226316/49ers-desksite
• Bears https://channelstore.roku.com/details/226701/bears-desksite
• Browns https://channelstore.roku.com/details/227119/browns-desksite
• Colts https://channelstore.roku.com/details/227139/colts-desksite
• Saints https://channelstore.roku.com/details/227194/saints-desksite
• Lions https://channelstore.roku.com/details/227075/lions-desksite
• Steelers https://channelstore.roku.com/details/227184/steelers-desksite

The NFL is not the only sport to launch Roku channels. Increasingly teams and even full leagues are launching free streaming channels on Roku to make it easy for their fans to enjoy free content from their favorite teams and sports.

Amazon Fire Vs. Roku

Amazon Fire TV, the set-top-box streaming platform, now says it has 34 million users, making it the leading OTT platform, overtaking Roku. Roku says it has 29.1 million active accounts. One in three smart TVs in US is a Roku.