Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorAmazon and Roku haven’t reached a deal for HBO Max yet — and Peacock is still not on Fire TV.But the two over-the-top platform companies have now inked a deal to bring the Roku Channel, the free, ad-supported service with more than 100,000 titles and over 115 live/linear channels, to Fire TV devices in the U.S.
starting Thursday.One caveat: You can’t subscribe to premium channels available in the Roku Channel (like Showtime, Starz, Epix or HBO — the legacy HBO, not HBO Max) directly from Fire TV.
To do that, you must sign up directly through Roku. If you already have a Roku account and pay for premium content, you can log in on Fire TV and stream those channels.However, to watch the free content on the Roku.
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