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Game On Pause? Roku Wants To Fill That Gap With Ads, New Patent Shows
Friday, April 5, 2024 - 2:09pm | 487Roku Inc (NASDAQ:ROKU) envisions a future where televisions could display advertisements during pauses in movies or games. What Happened: According to a report by the tech newsletter Lowpass, a Roku patent indicates that the company has identified idle time when the TV is not actively used as a...
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Want To Buy And Display NFTs On Your TV? New Samsung Smart TVs Will Allow You To Do Both In 2022
Monday, January 3, 2022 - 4:10pm | 334Ahead of CES 2022, Samsung has unveiled new features for its upcoming launch of smart TVs. One feature should have non-fungible token collectors and investors excited. What Happened: Samsung announced it will ship its 2022 smart TVs with a new “smart hub” that will let users switch...
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IPO Preview: Cricut, Vizio, ThredUp Lead Big Week Of Debuts
Tuesday, March 23, 2021 - 9:43am | 974This week’s IPO calendar has many names on its list including some well-known brands. Here is a look at some of the largest IPOs scheduled to begin trading this week. Digital Ocean Holdings: Cloud computing platform-on-demand company Digital Ocean Holdings (NYSE: DOCN) helps small...
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Roku's 90% Video Advertising Growth Powers Company To Huge Q3 Revenue Beat
Thursday, November 5, 2020 - 5:30pm | 365Shares of Roku Inc (NASDAQ: ROKU) are up in after-hours trading after beating third-quarter earnings estimates with strong advertising growth. Financials: In the third quarter, Roku had revenue of $451.7 million. This was a 73% year-over-year increase for the company and easily beat...
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Roku Analyst Breaks Down What Black Friday Deals Mean For The Stock
Friday, November 15, 2019 - 12:34pm | 369Roku Inc (NASDAQ: ROKU) has released its lineup of Black Friday sales and deals, creating the potential for strong fourth-quarter account additions, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The Analyst Ziv Israel maintained a Buy rating on Roku with a price target lifted from $150 to...
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Citi Slashes Roku Price Target, Names 5 Reasons For Staying Neutral
Monday, January 14, 2019 - 12:52pm | 321After losing around half of its entire market capitalization since peaking in mid-2017 at $77.57, Roku Inc (NASDAQ: ROKU) should not be bought by investors, according to Citi. The Analyst Citi's Mark May maintains a Neutral rating on Roku with a price target lowered from $60 to $44. The...
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Amazon, Best Buy Smart TV Partnership Hurts Roku
Wednesday, April 18, 2018 - 1:43pm | 379In a somewhat surprising development in the retail landscape, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is teaming up with Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE: BBY). What Happened As part of a new partnership, Best Buy will start selling Amazon's new Fire TV Edition smart TVs that can link up with its Alexa and Echo...
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Roku Channel, New Interface Lift Citi's Rating On The Stock From Sell To Neutral
Tuesday, March 27, 2018 - 9:26am | 371Roku Inc (NASDAQ: ROKU)'s stock started 2018 trading north of $50 and has since lost nearly $20 per share to flirt with Citi's prior price target of $33. Accordingly, a bearish stance on the stock is no longer appropriate. The Analyst Citi's Mark May upgraded Roku's stock rating...
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Netflix Spikes After News Comcast Will Put Service On Its X1 Platform
Tuesday, July 5, 2016 - 1:20pm | 284Shares of Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) were trading in negative territory Tuesday, but surged higher on heavy volume late morning. Investors and traders were reacting favorably to reports that the streaming video platform will be available on Comcast Corporation(NASDAQ: CMCSA)'s X1 platform...
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Slideshow: Samsung's Rumored 2014 Product Lineup
Monday, December 30, 2013 - 8:01am | 258Another year is about to be over, but Samsung's (OTC: SSNLF) product lineup is just getting started. In 2013 the company released a cornucopia of smartphones, smart TVs, curved displays and even a smart watch. All of these products were designed to one-up the devices from its chief competitor...
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Apple's 64-Bit iPhone 5S Processor May Have Caught Samsung By Surprise (AAPL, SSNLF)
Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 12:58pm | 479On September 10, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced that the iPhone 5S would be the first smartphone to contain a 64-bit processor. This was arguably the most surprising part of the product announcement, which was mostly filled with features that had been rumored for several months. In an interview...
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Apple TV to Cost $10,000?
Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 10:07am | 1160What will you get from Apple's most expensive television? There has been a lot of discussion surrounding just how much consumers will have to spend to take home a brand-new, ultra-sleek, extra-shiny Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) television set. Some say that Apple will not price itself outside of the...
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Samsung Launches Apple TV Sneak Attack
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 11:17am | 990Months (if not years) ahead of Apple's first television, Samsung is breaking new ground with a fresh set of smart TVs. And guess what? These TVs will be voice- and motion-controlled! CNN has the full details, but here's a quick rundown: built with dual-core processors, these new smart TVs aim to...
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A Chip Stock With Upside (ENTR)
Friday, May 6, 2011 - 2:26pm | 235With consumers flocking to digital media services like Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) as a way to get their TV/movie fix, the home entertainment network is gaining traction. The way HD video, music, games and photos are brought into a home has been completely revolutionized in just a few short years....