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Google yanks YouTube TV live TV streaming service from platform

It’s official: New subscribers to Google’s live TV service, YouTube TV, will not be able to access it on Roku devices, according to an email the manufacturer of the popular stream boxes sent to its users. In cases such as this, current users are still able to access the app and its features, but no updates are provided. Roku speaks “We will always stand up for our users, which is why we cannot accept Google’s unfair and anticompetitive requirements that would allow for the manipulation of… Source link

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Google’s New Custom Data Center Chip (VCU) Improves YouTube Videos

You may or may not have noticed, but Google says YouTube videos should now look better and load faster. That’s thanks to a new chip the company has designed inhouse and deployed in its data centers to compress video content. Google says the chips, called Video (Trans)Coding Units, or VCUs, do that faster and more efficiently than was possible before. Traditional CPUs, the company found, aren’t great at video transcoding. Related: You Can Now… Source link

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Roku says its users may lose YouTube TV access due to Google’s ‘predatory’ behavior

Those who use Roku may no longer have access to YouTube TV in the near future. The video streaming service attributes this potential loss to Google, whom it says is trying to take control of its user experience via “anti-competitive” demands. Axios reports how Roku had sent an email to its subscribers on Monday notifying them of the present situation. The brand additionally pled with subscribes to “urge” Google to reach an agreement with them so that YouTube TV will still be made… Source link

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Roku Warns YouTube TV Customers That Service Could Go Dark Due To Google’s “Monopoly” Moves; “Disappointed” YouTube Says It Is Bargaining In Good Faith – Update

UPDATED with YouTube TV statement. Roku is warning its customers with YouTube TV subscriptions that the service could go dark in the coming days due to what it calls Google’s “predatory” and “monopoly” behavior. In a statement, YouTube TV said it is negotiating “in good faith” with Roku to reach a new deal. “Unfortunately, Roku often engages in these types of tactics in their negotiations,” the statement said. “We’re disappointed that they chose to make baseless… Source link

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Roku may lose YouTube TV app over what it deems ‘anti-competitive’ demands from Google

Roku Inc. warned Monday that users of its streaming products may lose access to the YouTube TV app due to a breakdown in negotiations with Alphabet Inc.’s Google. The maker of streaming devices and software alleges that Alphabet’s GOOG, +0.82% GOOGL, +0.79% Google “is attempting to use its YouTube monopoly position to force Roku ROKU, +1.26% into accepting predatory, anti-competitive and… Source link

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Roku warns of standoff with Google over YouTube TV

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Google Cloud, ad sales on YouTube bolster Alphabet’s long term growth

Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Google Inc. Bloomberg | Getty Images Alphabet‘s stock hit an all-time high earlier this week, and analysts say growth in Google’s businesses outside of search ads could propel shares even higher On Monday, April 19, the Google-parent company’s stock price hit an intraday all-time high of $2,304.09 and ended the day at a record closing high of $2,289.76. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg, analysts told CNBC. Source link

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