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YouTube will be removed from Roku as of December 9, existing users
unaffected

Ben Schoon

- Oct. 21st 2021 5:43 am PT

@NexusBen

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The feud between Google and Roku rages on and it's now escalating
quite a bit. Following the removal of the YouTube TV app earlier this
year, Roku and Google are once again failing to reach a deal, and the
YouTube app will be removed as a result.

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Roku offered an update on the situation earlier today, once again
alleging that Google wants a special deal that includes modifying
search results and access to data that no other streaming partners
have. Google has denied the allegations and said that the company
only wanted to renew its existing deal with Roku.

  * Roku vs. Google: Who's to blame in a battle that only stands to
    hurt YouTube TV customers?

In a further report from Axios, we're reminded that the deal between
YouTube and Roku is set to end in December, and if the two companies
are unable to come to an agreement, then the Roku platform will lose
access to the standard YouTube app as well. In a statement shared by
Google, the company confirms this detail and mentions that existing
users will not be affected.

    Since our negotiations with Roku earlier this year, we've
    continued to work with them to find a resolution that benefits
    our mutual users. Roku has once again chosen to make unproductive
    and baseless claims rather than try to work constructively with
    us. Since we haven't been able to continue our conversations in
    good faith, our partnership for all new Roku devices will
    unfortunately end on December 9. We are, however, giving Roku the
    ability to continue distributing both YouTube and YouTube TV apps
    to all existing users to make sure they are not impacted.

Following the removal of the YouTube TV app on Roku devices, Google
used the standard YouTube app to offer new users access to its live
TV service. However, the removal of the standard YouTube app will
certainly have a much bigger impact on all parties involved, users
included. As analyst Rich Greenfield points out, YouTube is the
second-most used app on connected TV devices, and we're also
struggling to think of another platform that lacks official access to
YouTube now that the Fire TV platform finally has it. It's also
notable that the deadline at play here comes right in the height of
the holiday shopping season.

More on Roku:

  * Roku exec says nothing has progressed in the past 3 months w/
    YouTube TV feud
  * The best Android TV streamers to replace every kind of Roku
  * Roku's latest update pulls inspiration from Google TV w/ new live
    TV guide, 'save list'

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