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Roku, the streaming hardware manufacturer and operator of the free Roku Channel, has announced its intention to acquire the budget-priced streaming service Frndly TV, which offers TV entertainment live and on demand.
Frndly TV, launched in the summer of 2019, bills itself as “the most affordable Live TV streaming service.” And it is pretty cheap, considering you can get more than 50 channels of mostly family friendly fare—including the Hallmark Channel, the History Channel, Lifetime, and A&E—for a subscription that starts at $6.99 per month (billed annually, with a 7-day free trial available).
But that’s for a Basic subscription that streams to a single device at a time in standard definition (video resolution of 480p) and that doesn’t
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