Updated with Roku statement. Roku has hit back at Google over actions by its YouTube TV unit in the companies’ distribution fight.
Earlier today, YouTube TV said it was adding a “Go to YouTube TV” function within the main YouTube app as a workaround for YouTube TV bundle subscribers caught up in the tussle.
In a statement, Roku called Google’s actions “the clear conduct of an unchecked monopolist bent on crushing fair competition and harming consumer choice.”
The new feature “highlights the kind of predatory business practices used by Google that Congress, Attorneys General and regulatory bodies around the world are investigating,” the Roku statement continued. “Roku has not asked for one additional dollar in financial value from YouTube TV. We have simply asked Google to stop their anticompetitive behavior of manipulating user search results to their unique financial benefit and to stop demanding access to sensitive data that...
Earlier today, YouTube TV said it was adding a “Go to YouTube TV” function within the main YouTube app as a workaround for YouTube TV bundle subscribers caught up in the tussle.
In a statement, Roku called Google’s actions “the clear conduct of an unchecked monopolist bent on crushing fair competition and harming consumer choice.”
The new feature “highlights the kind of predatory business practices used by Google that Congress, Attorneys General and regulatory bodies around the world are investigating,” the Roku statement continued. “Roku has not asked for one additional dollar in financial value from YouTube TV. We have simply asked Google to stop their anticompetitive behavior of manipulating user search results to their unique financial benefit and to stop demanding access to sensitive data that...
- 5/7/2021
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
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