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Fox Completes $22 Billion Roku Deal With Conditions to Protect Rivals
Fox has completed its $22 billion purchase of Roku, bringing the streaming platform under the media company’s control.
The US Justice Department cleared the deal after Fox agreed to keep Roku open to competing services.
For at least three years, Fox must continue carrying non-Fox films and shows and must not push rivals down in search results or deny them prominent home-screen placement.
It must also make audience data available to third parties and protect rivals’ sensitive information until at least 2029.
Roku’s software powers its own devices and is built into TVs, making it a route for millions of US households to find and watch streaming services.
The Justice Department said the deal was not likely to harm competition in free streaming, and Fox must now follow the agreed safeguards.
Fox completed its $22 billion acquisition of Roku on Friday, with conditions imposed as part of the Justice Department’s clearance.
Fox agreed to keep Roku carrying non-Fox films and TV shows for at least three years.
The company must not push competing services down in search results or deny them prominent home-screen placement.
Fox also agreed to make audience data available to third parties and protect rivals’ sensitive information until at least 2029.
The Justice Department said the deal was not likely to harm competition in free, ad-supported streaming.
- Who
- Fox Corp. acquired Roku.
- What
- Fox completed a $22 billion acquisition of Roku with conditions to protect competing services and content providers.
- When
- Friday, November 6, 2026.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- Not stated.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Fox first expressed interest in acquiring Roku.
Fox closed its $22 billion acquisition of Roku.
- Deal value
- $22 billion
- Content carriage
- At least three years
- Rival information safeguards
- Until at least 2029
- Justice Department assessment
- Not likely to harm competition in free, ad-supported streaming
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not likely to result in harm to competition
because Roku relies on a broad offering of content from many providers to attract consumers, the merged firm would suffer monetary and reputational harm if it attempted to use the Roku platform to harm FOX’s content rivals