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Friday, April 30, 2021

YouTube TV Pulled From Roku

 


The dispute between Roku and YouTube has escalated.


On Friday morning, Roku said that the YouTube TV app has been removed from its platform, as the contract between the companies has expired. New subscriptions will not be possible until an agreement is reached between the companies.


That being said, the company says that existing YouTube TV subscribers will be able to continue using the service for the time being. YouTube TV is the multichannel video service that provides streaming access to traditional pay-TV channels. The regular YouTube app is not impacted.


Earlier this week Roku took the dispute with Google public, warning that the tech giant wanted to manipulate search results, and force the company to use chips that could raise the cost of its hardware. "It’s not about money," a Roku source said at the time. "We are not asking for any more money, not a single dollar more in value."


YouTube, for its part, called the Roku claims "baseless" and said that they "have made no requests to access user data or interfere with search results."


"It is well past time for Google to embrace the principles that have made streaming so popular for millions of users by giving consumers control of their streaming experience, by embracing fair competition and by ceasing anticompetitive practices," a Roku spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter in a statement Friday. "We believe consumers stand to benefit from Google and Roku reaching a fair agreement that preserves these principles and we remain committed to trying to achieve that goal."

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