In the latest expansion of its channel store streaming partners, Roku has added Fox One as a premium subscription available via The Roku Channel (aff).ย
It comes as separate data recently released by Nielsenโs Gracenote shows major streamers at large continue to expand their sports programming catalogs. And where Roku aims for its connected TV platform to serve as both a signup vehicle and place to ease the sports fan content discovery struggle while boosting the companyโs own monetization and revenue growth efforts.
Available on Roku in the U.S. today, users of the streaming platform can sign up for Foxโs flagship streamer using their Roku account and get live and on-demand access to the serviceโs news, sports and entertainment content lineup within one experience.
For $19.99 per month, that also includes access to stream all 104 matches of the FIFA World Cup 2026 tournament live and on-demand on The Roku Channel (aff) via a Fox One subscription.ย
Roku keeps pursuing platform growth via subscriptions
For Roku, the latest addition brings another tier one streaming service into its third-party subscriptions fold. Growing the channel store subscription business is one of Rokuโs areas of focus for accelerating platform revenue growth โ and one itโs been delivering on, as seen in Q1 results.ย
The first three months of 2026 marked Rokuโs highest-ever quarter for Premium Subscription signups, during which the segment generated $518.5 million in revenue and grew 30% year-over-year โ a period that benefited from the Olympics and Super Bowl, which were available to stream on subscription partner NBCUโs Peacock.ย
On the subscription front, during earnings the company said growth for Roku is coming primarily from adding new partners, namely Tier 1 players like Apple TV andย Peacock Premium Plusย recently. The company said it intends to expand the third-party and Tier 1 subscriptions it offers, which…