Roku Debuts All New Seasonal Experience on The Roku Channel
December 01, 2021 at 09:00 am EST
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Roku, Inc. announced the launch of special seasonal experiences on the Roku? platform in the U.S., giving users easy access to great entertainment throughout the winter season. Starting on December 1, The Roku Channel transforms into a winter hub complete with curated collections of thousands of hit movies and TV shows, live TV channels, kids & family entertainment and much more. Users of The Roku Channel in the U.S. can kick off the holiday season with the release of Roku?s first ever feature-length film, ?Zoey?s Extraordinary Christmas,? from Lionsgate Television on December 1. Additionally, The Roku Channel is partnering with iHeartRadio, Vevo and others to bring holiday music experiences and more to The Roku Channel in the U.S. for free. For the first time ever, Roku is launching an immersive New Years' experience across Roku devices in the U.S. starting on December 27, to help users ring in 2022. Also included in the experience, popular weekly entertainment show ?Roku Recommends? presents the top 10 shows of 2021 with its first special, ?The Year in Streaming.? The show will feature appearances from some of TV?s favorites, including Liza Katzer and Jamie Lee, producers ofTed Lasso, Amy Ryan (Only Murders in the Building), O.T. Fagbenle (The Handmaid?s Tale), Chrishell Stause (Selling Sunset), Karamo Brown (Queer Eye), Cheryl Hines (Curb Your Enthusiasm) and many more. The all-new Roku Original, ?Zoey?s Extraordinary Christmas,? makes its debut on The Roku Channel on December 1. The end credits of the film feature an all-new holiday song titled, ?North Star,? performed by GRAMMY award-winning artist, Tori Kelly. The song was co-written by ?Zoey?s Extraordinary Christmas? star, Mary Steenburgen, Troy Verges and Caitlyn Smith, about love, loss and connection during the most wonderful time of the year. It was produced by Harvey Mason Jr. In addition to watching the film on-demand, users can enjoy ?Zoey?s Extraordinary Christmas? as well as episodes of ?Zoey?s Extraordinary Playlist? through an all-new linear channel in the U.S., ?Roku Channel Movies & TV.? For a streaming encore, musical clips from the Roku Original film will be available to stream within Music on The Roku Channel later this month.
Roku, Inc. operates a television (TV) streaming platform. The Company connects viewers to the streaming content they love, enable content publishers to build and monetize large audiences, and provides advertisers with capabilities to engage consumers. The Companyâs segments include platform and devices. The platform segment is engaged in the sale of digital advertising (including direct and programmatic video advertising, media and entertainment promotional spending, and related services) and streaming services distribution (including subscription and transaction revenue shares, the sale of premium subscriptions, and the sale of branded app buttons on remote controls). The devices segment includes licensing arrangements with service operators and TV brands in addition to sales of streaming players, audio products, smart home products and services. Roku TV models are available in the United States and in select countries through licensing arrangements with TV OEM brands.
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