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Roku Thoroughly Beating Out Other Streaming Devices

A new study from Parks Associates has found that more people use a Roku streaming-media player as their online video streaming device than other brands of streaming devices on the market. The survey showed that 9.7 percent of households with a CE device, have Roku as their streaming-media device, which might not seem like much, but that is actually better than any other streaming-media device out there combined.

From the article "Roku Thoroughly Beating Out Other Streaming Devices" by GazetteReview.com.

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