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Fox will purchase Roku for $22 billion.
The deal has users concerned, but they shouldn't be.
The new company will be the third largest by TV viewership.
One of the biggest streaming deals this year is in the works between Fox and Roku, and some people have concerns. As a dedicated Roku user, I was on the fence at first, too, but now I'm more optimistic.
If you missed the news, Fox is poised to purchase Roku for $22 billion. The deal won't close until next year, but the combined company will be the third-largest in TV viewership, bringing together the most popular smart TV OSes with one of the biggest names in entertainment.
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Anthony Wood, founder, chairman, and CEO of Roku, called the combination with Fox "an extraordinary opportunity to accelerate our vision, scale faster and innovate more aggressively for viewers, partners and advertisers."
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