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Roku gets into streaming-stick fight with Google

By Michael Liedtke
Published March 4, 2014 6:15pm ET
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Roku gets into streaming-stick fight with Google
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Roku is getting into an Internet video-streaming stick fight with Google’s Chromecast. Like the similarly shaped Chromecast, Roku’s thumb-sized device plugs into a TV’s HDMI port and feeds Internet video through a Wi-Fi connection. The Roku device, announced Tuesday, sells for $50 compared with $35 for the Chromecast. The low price […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Roku is getting into an Internet video-streaming stick fight with Google’s Chromecast.

Like the similarly shaped Chromecast, Roku’s thumb-sized device plugs into a TV’s HDMI port and feeds Internet video through a Wi-Fi connection.

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