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Re: Roku may go public this year

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RS Wood wrote:
>  From the "as long as it keeps streaming my stuff" department:
> Title: Report: Roku may go public this year

> Roku has been trying to build out its services business and is now offering
> content publishers a way to bill viewers for their apps. Roku CEO Anthony
> Wood told me at the end of last year that services are the fastest growing
> part of Roku’s business, but I’ve heard considerable skepticism from
> publishers, many of who would rather own the billing relationship with their
> customers and offer them access across multiple platforms.

I posted this because as usual, things I'm interested in that go public 
tend to turn to shit.  I just bought a Roku and can't wait to get it so 
I can set it up.  I chose it for home entertainment not for its channels 
but because it runs the Plex app, and my FreeNAS came with 
PlexMediaServer and it works perfectly.  I'm overwhelmed by how good it 
is.  So now I just fill up the NAS with movies, and PlexMS serves it 
anywhere in the house to the wife's ipad or my Nexus 7, and in a day or 
two, to my big-ass TV downstairs with a Roku plugged in.

So a year from now if Roku is public, they'll have to provide "value" 
for its shareholders by charging premium subscriptions or some other 
crap.  ("Premium" is my least favorite word in the English language). 
And I don't know how they'll ruin it, but they'll ruin it.

At that point my plan B will be one of those Android sticks, an HDMI 
connection, and the Plex app on the Android stick.  Just as good or 
better, maybe.

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Roku may go public this year RS Wood  <rswood@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-24 18:14 +0000
  Re: Roku may go public this year RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-25 15:46 +0000
    Re: Roku may go public this year Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-02-25 11:35 -0700
      Re: Roku may go public this year RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-25 20:15 +0000
        Re: Roku may go public this year Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-02-25 22:51 -0700

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