<P> Roku announced its first branded Smart TV in early 2014 and it was released in late 2014 . These TVs are manufactured by companies like TCL and Hisense and use the Roku user interface as the "brain" of the TV . Roku TVs are updated just like the streaming devices . </P> <P> The Roku box runs a custom Linux distribution called Roku OS . The first - generation Roku players first came with Roku OS 1.0 . After that, Roku has continued to update the software with bug fixes, security updates, feature additions, and many new interface revisions . In October 2017, the Roku software version 8.0 was released . </P> <P> Many providers can be streamed on Roku such as: Amazon Cloud Player, Amazon Video, Ameba TV, BBC iPlayer, CBS All Access, Sony Crackle, Compound Media, Crunchyroll, DirecTV Now, EuroRoku, Google Play Movies & TV, Hasbro Studios, HBO Go, Hoopla Digital, Hulu, Kanopy, LinkTV, MLB.TV, NatGeo TV, NBA TV, Netflix, Now TV (UK only), Pandora Radio, PBS, PlayStation Vue, Pluto.tv, Popcornflix, Redbox, RT, SiriusXM, Showtime, Sling TV, TVLuux, Tubi TV, TuneIn Radio, TheBlaze, Time Warner Cable, Vmedia, Xfinity, Vudu, WWE Network, YouTube, Tablo (DVR), and the ITV Hub . </P> <P> Content on the Roku DVP is provided by Roku partners, and is identified using the "channel" vernacular . Users can add or remove different channels from the Roku Channel Store . In May 2011, Roku stated the DVP had over one million viewers and had delivered 15 million channel downloads . </P>

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