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FilmOn’s streaming content comes to Roku

November 1, 2016 07.46 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Roku users now have access to FilmOn’s selection of streaming content from around the world.

The offer includes hundreds of free linear channels of streaming content and tens of thousands of free On Demand titles.

Itn the US, he FOTV Channel will be available on Roku players and Roku TVs in the US. Roku users around the world now have access to FOTV’s OTT app, which features both Live TV and On Demand sections.

FOTV’s On-Demand offerings are available for free and are ad supported, as are most of the live and linear channels.

The FOTV channel will be available on Roku streaming players, the Roku Streaming Stick and Roku TV models.

The FOTV application is also available on iOS and Android devices, and is preloaded on every PC made by Lenovo. FilmOn.com Pay-TV subscribers can access additional live pay TV channels from this app when they are logged into the channel on Roku.

“The FOTV Channel brings a rich library of on-demand and live content to Roku users,” said Alki David, Founder and CEO of FOTV Media Networks Inc.

“By partnering with Roku, we’re able to extend the potential reach of our ad supported programming, which includes hundreds of channels across sports, news, movies, and music, as well as our patented hologram content to millions of Roku devices.”

FOTV Media Networks already has a presence on the Roku platform through its subsidiary OVGuide, which powers over 20 ad-supported Roku channels. All advertising for those existing channels is managed by the FOTV Media Networks Ad Operations Team.

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Filed Under: Newsline, OTT, TV Tagged With: FilmOn, Roku, US Edited: 1 November 2016 07:46

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