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Following a data breach earlier this year affecting 15,000 user accounts, Roku has revealed a much larger security episode. In a blog post Friday, the streaming giant said 576,000 user accounts had been affected in the second breach. Roku noted that its investigation had found that it was not…

EXCLUSIVE: The Real Bros of Simi Valley, a parody of The Real Housewives and Jersey Shore, is going feature-length. Roku has greenlit a new feature The Real Bros of Simi Valley: High School Reunion, a spinoff of the series that previously aired on Facebook Watch. Related…

There’s no enthusiasm by Larry David for March Madness, as he revealed today on Roku’s The Rich Eisen Show. “Can I make an admission here This tournament – how much can I follow in sports? I’m supposed to know who’s on Drake? I mean, it’s crazy. Crazy! Is that Valparaiso? I know names on Valparaiso…

EXCLUSIVE: The CW, Roku and Australia’s Stan are working up Good Cop/Bad Cop, a comedic crime procedural with Jeff Wachtel’s Future Shack Entertainment and Jungle Entertainment. Good Cop/Bad Cop stars Gossip Girls alumna Leighton Meester in her return to the CW, Clancy Brown (Dexter: New Blood) and…

Roku’s popular docuseries Side Hustlers will be back for another go-round. The streaming platform has renewed the series for a second season following a strong Season 1 launch, with hosts Emma Grede and Ashley Graham set to return. During its opening weekend, Side Hustlers, which hails from Hello…

Roku edged Wall Street expectations for revenue and matched them on the bottom line, also reporting it hit 80 million active accounts by the end of 2023. Revenue in the fourth quarter, which ended December 31, came in at $984.4 million, better than the Street’s consensus estimate of $964.2 million…

EXCLUSIVE: Supermodel and entrepreneur Ashley Graham has joined the new Roku competition series Side Hustlers, which she will co-host and executive produce alongside previously announced Emma Grede. The series premieres on March 1. They are both known as “investors” who will mentor three female…

EXCLUSIVE: The second season of Nasim Pedrad's teen comedy series, Chad, has set an official return date of Jan. 19 on Roku Channel after the streamer saved the show from Warner Bros. Discovery’s cost cutting measures. All ten episodes of Chad‘s second season will drop on that date. Previously, the…

EXCLUSIVE: Doc streamer MagellanTV is launching a Spanish-language FAST network on The Roku Channel next month. Naturaleza Salvaje will use New York-based Magellan’s new AI-driven translation and dubbing technology, Magellan VoiceWorks, to power the channel. Launching in the U.S. and Mexico in…

Roku was a champ. Lionsgate surged and Netflix jumped. Tech shares went bananas in 2023. Big media stocks had a mixed year of transition dominated by Hollywood strikes with linear television declines and streaming losses. Paramount fell. Disney and Fox were basically flat on the year. Giants Comcast…

Roku is working with the UFC to create a three-part original doc series, Fight Inc: Inside the UFC. The series will stream on The Roku Channel, providing a behind-the-scenes look at pivotal moments during the UFC’s 30th anniversary year. The mixed martial arts org celebrates its anniversary this…

NBCUniversal is shaking up its ad sales division with the hire of a newly promoted Roku executive. Alison Levin, who was promoted to head of global media revenue at Roku only last month, is joining NBCU as president of advertising and partnerships. She will report to NBCU's Advertising and…