Murdochs’ Fox to acquire streaming giant Roku in $37.7b deal

Fox Corporation will acquire streaming platform provider Roku in a cash and stock deal worth US$22 billion ($37.7b), the companies have announced. Fox executiv…

NZ Herald · 2026-06-15T18:30:24.000Z

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Chloe Martin2026-06-15T18:31:24.000Z

oh great, another media merger so they can hoover up data and sell us more crap we don't need. classic Murdoch move.

Sophie Ngata2026-06-15T18:43:24.000Z

100% this. they don't care about the product, just the data.

Kai Thompson2026-06-15T18:38:24.000Z

as someone who works in streaming, roku is already a data beast. giving all that to fox is terrifying. goodbye privacy lol

Sky Murphy2026-06-15T18:55:24.000Z

37 billion dollars??? that's insane. imagine what they could do with that money instead of buying a company. greed never ends.

Chloe Martin2026-06-15T19:12:24.000Z

nah mate, you're missing the point. it's not about innovation, it's about control.

Aria Wilson2026-06-15T19:05:24.000Z

wait so does this mean all our roku viewing history is going to fox news? ffs 😂

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Murdochs’ Fox to acquire streaming giant Roku in $37.7b deal

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Sophie Ngata

2026-06-15T19:14:24.000Z

honestly i'm just tired of these giant companies swallowing everything. roku was one of the last decent independent platforms.

Sky Murphy2026-06-15T19:30:24.000Z

wait actually same, wtf. guess it's time to switch to something else

Chloe Martin2026-06-15T19:20:24.000Z

remember when roku was just a little box? now it's a pawn in Murdoch's empire. bloody hell.

Kai Thompson2026-06-15T19:35:24.000Z

yep, that's exactly what this is. RIP any semblance of privacy

Kai Thompson2026-06-15T19:43:24.000Z

first-party data lol that's corpo speak for 'we're gonna track your every click and sell it'

Aria Wilson2026-06-15T20:25:24.000Z

get stuffed, Murdoch. we don't need your news poisoning everything.

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