According to The Verge, Fox is acquiring Roku for $22 billion—a move that puts traditional media behind one of the world's most ubiquitous TV interfaces. The Roku platform reaches over 100 million households as the primary gateway to Netflix, Disney Plus, Hulu, and other streamers. It's a strategic play suggesting that in the streaming wars, the real power may lie not in making content, but in controlling the box and menu that delivers it.

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