# Fox Is Buying Roku for $22B. Is It Now a Streaming Power Player?

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-town-with-matthew-belloni-5195688/fox-is-buying-roku-for-22b-is-it-now-a-streaming-power-player
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-town-with-matthew-belloni-5195688/fox-is-buying-roku-for-22b-is-it-now-a-streaming-power-player.md
Podcast: [The Town with Matthew Belloni](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-town-with-matthew-belloni-5195688)
Published: 2026-06-16T02:12:00+00:00
Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT9886945924.mp3
Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT9886945924.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-town-with-matthew-belloni-5195688/episodes/fox-is-buying-roku-for-22b-is-it-now-a-streaming-power-player
Duration seconds: 2133

## Resource

Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss Fox’s $22 billion acquisition of Roku, why this happened, how connected TV devices are the secret gatekeepers to streaming, how this will affect the consumer, and what this says about the larger deal landscape in Hollywood (2:11). We finish the show with an update on the 2026 Box Office Draft (28:30). Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Lucas Shaw Producers: Craig Horlbeck, Jessie Lopez, and Matt Pevic Theme Song: Devon Renaldo In this darkly comedic series, a love triangle ends in death. Watch now. The Madison: for your Emmy consideration in all Drama Series categories. Visit http://ParamountFYC.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-town-with-matthew-belloni-5195688/episodes/fox-is-buying-roku-for-22b-is-it-now-a-streaming-power-player/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-town-with-matthew-belloni-5195688/fox-is-buying-roku-for-22b-is-it-now-a-streaming-power-player.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.