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Roku Posts More Stellar Results In Q2 As Stock Price Continues To Surge

its earnings release, Roku cited data from Kantar Milward Brown anointing it the No. 1 TV streaming platform in the U.S. by hours streamed. According to a survey by Strategy Analytics, the Roku operating system powers 41 million OTT devices and smart TVs in the U.S., a 36% lead over Sony PlayStation, the next closest competitor. Parks Associates, another research firm that tracks the streaming sector, said Roku had 39% of the U.S. streaming media player installed base as of the first quarter of 2019, according to consumer survey data.

From the article "Roku Posts More Stellar Results In Q2 As Stock Price Continues To Surge" by Dade Hayes.

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