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BBC iPlayer hits Roku as boxes start shipping in the UK

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Dan Grabham Dan Grabham

Streaming media set-top box Roku has added the BBC iPlayer to its lineup of channels, just as the boxes start shipping to UK customers.

Roku’s supplying two models for the UK market. The stripped-back £50 Roku LT offers up 720p playback, while the £100 Roku 2 CS ups the ante with 1080p playback and a motion-controlled Bluetooth remote.

As well as the BBC iPlayer, both Roku boxes feature 40 channels of live and on-demand programming including Netflix, Crackle and TuneIn.

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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Computing, mobile, audio, smart home

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