Fox Completes $22 Billion Roku Takeover

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A $22 billion acquisition is no ordinary deal in the streaming industry: Fox Corp. has completed its purchase of streaming provider Roku. According to Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, the deal took less than five months to complete.

The acquisition has created a major streaming group. This is particularly relevant to you because the streaming market landscape is shifting, and Roku shares will no longer trade on the Nasdaq.

What Fox Is Taking Over With Roku

Fox has acquired Roku, Deadline reports. The company, which Deadline says was founded more than two decades ago, is set to continue operating as part of the Fox group.

According to Variety, the acquisition was initially expected to be completed only in 2027. It has therefore been completed well ahead of schedule.

Anthony Wood Joins Fox Leadership

Roku founder and CEO Anthony Wood is moving to Fox's board of directors. He is also set to jointly lead the newly created Fox Digital Platforms division as co-chair. According to Variety, the division includes Roku.

As a result, the streaming provider's most prominent figure is not being entirely sidelined: Wood will take on a strategic role in Fox's new digital division. The Hollywood Reporter describes the result as a newly created powerhouse in streaming.

Regulation and Stock Trading

According to Deadline, Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch hinted the previous week that regulators outside the US had approved the merger. Roku shares are set to no longer trade on the Nasdaq as of Friday.

The Fox-Roku acquisition brings together two elements: an unusually fast acquisition process and a logical next step for Roku following the takeover. The available reports do not reveal what Fox specifically plans to do with the services, advertising formats and technology.

Status: Information from the sources cited above; further details to follow.