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Roku Tosses A Hulu Hook

For its part, Roku has shipped about 8 million device sin the U.S., but hasn’t released any international shipment figures. Last week, Parks Associates said that Roku was the best-selling streaming media device in the U.S. last year, outpacing domestic sales of the Apple TV.

From the article "Roku Tosses A Hulu Hook" by Jeff Baumgartner.

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