{"id":4172,"date":"2025-08-05T15:22:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T15:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/rokus-new-howdy-service-offers-ad-free-streaming-for-3-per-month\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T15:22:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T15:22:45","slug":"rokus-new-howdy-service-offers-ad-free-streaming-for-3-per-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/rokus-new-howdy-service-offers-ad-free-streaming-for-3-per-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Roku&#8217;s new Howdy service offers ad-free streaming for $3 per month"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Roku just revealed a new ad-free <ins>streaming service called Howdy<\/ins>. The service costs $3 per month, making it an enticing prospect for budget-conscious viewers. The company says this isn&rsquo;t an introductory price and should be permanent.<\/p>\n<p>Howdy will stream a whole bunch of content, but it&rsquo;s mostly pre-existing movies and shows. The company has inked deals with Warner Bros. Discovery, Lionsgate and other providers, so the platform will host movies like <em>Elvis<\/em> and <em>Mad Max: Fury Road<\/em> and shows like <em>Weeds<\/em> and <em>Party Down<\/em>. It&rsquo;ll also be home to Roku Originals, <ins>like the stellar Weird Al<\/ins> &ldquo;biopic.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Company founder and CEO Anthony Wood <ins>spoke to <\/ins><em><ins>Deadline<\/ins><\/em> and called Howdy &ldquo;a response to the reality that many consumers are interested in a service that is ad-free and low-cost.&rdquo; He may be right. Consumers are likely to flock to something that&rsquo;s $3 a month, especially when the other streamers <ins>keep raising prices<\/ins> and <ins>stuffing ads everywhere<\/ins>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"caas-da \">\n<div data-wf-benji-page-context='{\"pageUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/entertainment\/tv-movies\/rokus-new-howdy-service-offers-ad-free-streaming-for-3-per-month-151550247.html\",\"spaceid\":\"1197802876\",\"site\":\"engadget\",\"hashtag\":\"news;roku;streaming;fast;entertainment;streaming-video;movies\",\"lmsid\":\"a0V0W00000HOQu8UAH\",\"lpstaid\":\"1ee65e58-30e0-4e7d-b894-992179f83ed1\",\"pt\":\"content\",\"pd\":\"non_modal\",\"pct\":\"story\"}' data-wf-benji-wafer-config=\"{}\" data-wf-benji-config='{\"positions\":{\"LREC1-1ee65e58-30e0-4e7d-b894-992179f83ed11754407361902\":{\"id\":\"LREC1-1ee65e58-30e0-4e7d-b894-992179f83ed11754407361902\",\"region\":\"index\",\"size\":[[300,250]],\"kvs\":{\"loc\":\"mid_center\"},\"path\":\"\/22888152279\/us\/eng\/ros\/dt\/us_eng_ros_dt_mid_center\"}}}' id=\"sda-LREC1-1ee65e58-30e0-4e7d-b894-992179f83ed11754407361902\" class=\"wafer-benji caas-sda-benji-ad caas-sda-gam-container caas-sda-gam-container-center\" data-wf-trigger=\"onLoad\" data-wf-margin=\"100 0\">\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<div id=\"LREC1-1ee65e58-30e0-4e7d-b894-992179f83ed11754407361902\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This isn&rsquo;t Roku&rsquo;s only recent foray into the world of paid streaming, after years of relying on free, ad-supported television (FAST) channels. The company <ins>acquired the service Frdnly<\/ins>, which streams live TV from a number of noteworthy cable channels. Prices for this platform range from $7 to $10 per month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Howdy will be available later today on Roku devices. The company promises a &ldquo;rollout on mobile and additional platforms in the near future.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>If you buy something through a link in this article, we may earn commission.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub><\/sub><\/p>\n<div>Roku&rsquo;s new Howdy service offers ad-free streaming for $3 per month<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roku just revealed a new ad-free streaming service called Howdy. The service costs $3 per month, making it an enticing prospect for budget-conscious viewers. The company says this isn&rsquo;t an introductory price and should be permanent. Howdy will stream a whole bunch of content, but it&rsquo;s mostly pre-existing movies and shows. The company has inked&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/rokus-new-howdy-service-offers-ad-free-streaming-for-3-per-month\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Roku&#8217;s new Howdy service offers ad-free streaming for $3 per month&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4173,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}