Fox Closes $22 Billion Roku Takeover
Surprise! Fox Corp. said Friday it has closed the acquisition of streaming platform Roku, a deal valued at $22 billion, well ahead of the expected 2027 date. Roku founder and CEO Anthony Wood will join the Fox board of directors. He will serve as co-chair, Fox Digital Platforms, a newly formed division that includes…
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Fox Closes $22 Billion Roku Takeover
Surprise! Fox Corp. said Friday it has closed the acquisition of streaming platform Roku, a deal valued at $22 billion, well ahead of the expected 2027 date. Roku founder and CEO Anthony Wood will join the Fox board of directors. He will serve as co-chair, Fox Digital Platforms, a newly formed division that includes…
Fox Closes Roku Deal, Creating New Streaming Power Player
The $22 billion deal closed in less than five months. Roku CEO Anthony Wood will join Fox's board and serve as co-chair of the company's digital division.
Fox Corp. Closes $22B Acquisition Of Roku
Fox Corp. has closed its $22 billion acquisition of Roku, creating a massive new player in streaming. Shares in Roku, which was founded more than two decades ago, will stop trading on the Nasdaq as of Friday. Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch earlier this week indicated that regulators outside the U.S. had blessed the merger…
Fox bought Roku
Fox has officially closed its $22 billion acquisition of Roku, the companies announced on Friday. With Roku under its umbrella, Fox now controls a major streaming platform that reaches more than 100 million households in the US. First announced in June, the deal will allow Fox to bring Fox Sports, news content, and…
- TechCrunchUnited States
Fox completes its $22B acquisition of Roku
A few months after DOJ investigators were probing the deal, Fox just completed its $22B acquisition of the streaming giant Roku.
Coverage details
5 outlets from United States are covering this story: Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, The Verge and TechCrunch. Variety published it first, on November 6, 2026; the last outlet to join was TechCrunch, 2 hours later.
Key names in the coverage: Roku, Fox, Anthony Wood, Nasdaq and DOJ.
