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An update on the Roku-YouTube standoff: Talking Tech podcast

Brett Molina, USA TODAY
·2 min read

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Hey there, listeners. It's Brett Molina. Welcome back to Talking Tech. My co-host, Mike Snider, is off today. The saga between YouTube and Roku continues. YouTube says its app will no longer be available on some Roku devices after December 9th, as both sides remain engaged in an ongoing carriage dispute. In a statement email to USA Today, YouTube said its partnership with Roku for all new devices to access YouTube apps will end in December. So basically, here's how it works. If you are new to Roku, you will not see the YouTube app available for you to download after December 9th.

If you're a current Roku owner, you'll still have access to YouTube as well as YouTube TV, which is Google's big live TV streaming platform. YouTube also said in its statement that it has continued to work with Roku on a deal to benefit all users. This followed a post that Roku published on Thursday updating folks on the negotiations lashing out at Google as well as other big tech companies. Let's read the quote. "Rather than embracing a mutually beneficial partnership approach, some big tech enterprises are using their market power to extend control over independent businesses like Roku, to benefit their broader business objectives at the expense of the consumer, putting a fair and open competitive streaming marketplace at risk."

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YouTube has said several times Roku's claims are unproductive and baseless, said that again in its statement on Thursday. This has been a longstanding battle between the two sides for a while now. You'll recall in April, Roku said it was pulling the YouTube TV app from its streaming device after the contract carried on its platform had lapsed. In response to that, google wrote a blog post claiming it wanted to renew its deal with Roku, but Roku sought to renegotiate a separate deal involving the primary YouTube app. As a result, Google then added access to YouTube TV through the main YouTube app. So if for any reason, the YouTube TV app went away, you could still access that service through the primary YouTube app.

Stay tuned for all this. This is obviously not going to end likely anytime soon. Be sure to go to tech.usatoday.com for the latest. Listeners, let's hear from you. You have any comments, questions, or show ideas? Any tech problems you want us to try to address? You can find me on Twitter, @BrettMolina23. Please don't forget to subscribe and rate us, or leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, anywhere you get your podcasts. You've been listening to Talking Tech. We'll be back tomorrow with another quick hit from the world of tech.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: An update on the Roku-YouTube standoff: Talking Tech podcast