Probably you have not heard of Roku. But this platform to watch TV on the Internet has reached a major success in the United States (with more than eight million devices sold), and soon landed in Europe. The concept is simple. A small box or even an accessory to the size of a USB key that plugs into your TV and network and allows access to numerous free and paid channels. Netflix, Hulu, YouTube or Spotify… a lot of suppliers that can be accessed with one click of the remote . We tell you all the details on this interesting proposal that could change the way we watch television.
Currently, Roku offers several “boxes” to watch TV over the Internet. The simplest is the size of a USB key large and connects directly to the HDMI port of the TV. Other more complete options have a larger format, but always from the idea of a compact size that is comfortable to be in the room next to our TV. Once connected, the device connects to the network WiFi in the house (or also via Ethernet in the most advanced model) and becomes a portal to access numerous channels and video stores online, some with contents free and some paid.
In addition to its ease of use, one of the great advantages of this box is that you pay only once for purchase and in the case of not wanting to access certain channel no greater expense to perform. One of the platforms that offer access to Roku is on Netflix. This popular streaming content portal offers content in high definition and includes some of the latest movies and series market. However, it has not yet made the leap to Spain (although in Europe it is already present in the UK or Sweden. Likely that the arrival of Roku can be an incentive for the company decides to operate in our country.
We can also access other services such as Hulu, Vevo or YouTube, or even take advantage of our account Spotify to listen to our favorite songs directly on your TV. The list is very long, more than a thousand channels in its offer, though the question now is how to translate this in Spanish content. Currently, Roku is already in talks with potential content providers in Europe. If the company gets to reach agreements with platforms weight such as Canal + through its online platform Yomvi , it could be talking about a very powerful alternative to the traditional way of watching television and some proposals for Smart TV whose operation is not yet very agile.
Roku, the Internet TV platform for Netflix arrives in Europe
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