One of the first things I did as a new Roku user was to start adding apps to the Home screen, from Netflix and Disney+ to ...

Owners of smart TVs and streaming sticks running Roku OS are already subject to video advertisements on the home screen. Now, ...

Roku has sunk to a new low in the streaming wars, with an experimental ad format that blocks your home screen behind an auto-playing video ad. Roku isn’t alone in seeing what kinds of ...

Reports of Roku customers seeing video ads automatically play before they could view the OS’ home screen started appearing online this week. A Reddit user, for example, posted yesterday ...

Roku has sunk to a new low in the streaming wars, with an experimental ad format that blocks your home screen behind an auto-playing video ad. Roku players recently started playing a trailer for Moana ...

Roku has begun running video ads that automatically play before loading the home screen, as reported by Ars Technica. This is impacting owners of Roku-branded smart TVs and streaming sticks, so long ...

Roku has confirmed user reports that it is testing auto-playing video ads before loading the home screen. Owners of Roku-powered smart TVs are understandably unimpressed … Owners of Roku devices ...

before [they] got to the regular Roku home screen." Several other users replied that they'd experienced the same thing; a trailer for Moana 2, which Disney released last year, was the most common ...

The tech company already has video advertisements on the home screen, much to viewers' dismay. A Roku spokesperson said that the autoplaying ads before the home screen are not permanentCredit ...

Roku is pushing that deal to the limit with its first tests for ads that play in the worst place possible, just before you load your home screen. As can be expected, users are less than thrilled ...