Roku’s lineup of inexpensive media streamers has been popular enough in the US for the company to credibly talk about putting one under every TV, and now they’re going international: Roku just announced that it’ll be selling boxes in the UK and and Canada early next year. Of course, a streaming box is nothing without content services, so we’ll see how many of Roku’s channels make the trip with it, but Roku says it’ll work on region-specific channels and Netflix has been making big moves in the UK, so the core pieces are definitely in place. As for Canada, well, you’re cool too.
Roku coming to UK and Canada early next year
Roku media streamers will be on sale in the UK and Canada in early 2012
Roku media streamers will be on sale in the UK and Canada in early 2012
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