there is a roku ecosystem. we have over 800 channels of content, adding one or two new channels of day. the other category is declining. it used to be 16% of the market. now it is 10% of the market. the reason is simple. every day, your player gets better and other does not get better. we just added search as a new feature last christmas, where you can type in a movie or actor or director and it will show you all the channels where you can find that movie or actor or director. >> it seems a big part is hearing content. what is the trick to getting all these people on board who are going against each other? >> for the larger companies, we generally have business deals. one of the advantages is we are independent. a lot of the big guys who do not like google because they have different positions than news corp. on many issues, or they are worried about getting too close to apple or google , becauseroku is smaller and we are politically more appealing than many of the larger companies. also a big part is being ine

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. >> roku looks like a hockey puck, it is a streaming player to connect to your tv.early 1000 channels. we stream everything from the likes of netflix. we announced a deal recently with time warner cable. channels like hbo go, the lunchbox, all the way down to local churches and all kinds of special interest content. >> let's cut to the quick. where do you think you and your companies find yourselves at odds the most with the people in this room? what can be done to make those challenges smoothed over or perhaps they are insurmountable? >> the punching bag, sure. a vast majority of our users are cable subscribers. is big initiative -- it roughly 70% are cable subscribers. we are putting a lot of focus into tv everywhere right now. it is a phenomenal opportunity for us. drive been shown to affinity for the cable package. services like hbo go, a wonderful way to get hbo. imagine multiplying across all of the programmer networks, imagine what espn can do, what nickelodeon can do when these programmers can deliver software along with their video in the form of apps. all

the founder and ceo of jobava, the chief operating officer of , gm of content and services for roku.seat, everyone. before i begin and we start talking about -- to this interesting panel, i would be remiss if i did not take the opportunity to asked our friend from twitter about a story that is in the news. a report in the washington post and the guardian about a program called prism in debates,d there are the nsa is able to access files of participating internet companies. public, according to statements, is not a participant. what can you tell us about twitter refusing to participate? >> first of all, it is nice to be here. [laughter] very nice to be here at meet the press. of the matter is i cannot comment on details of the matter. interested to see how this story plays out. i will say, one of the core values we have at the company is to defend and respect the user's voice and we believe that tweets belong to the users that create them and we have always try to find the right balance between abiding by the law in any jurisdiction and doing what is right why our users. we will conti

roku is a, well, it looks like a hockey puck. it's a streaming player. you connect it to your tv.electricity, wi-fi and a connection to your tv to access nearly a thousand channels now of strolling content. we're leaders in the marketplace. we've sold about five million units to date, and we stream everything from the likes of netflix, we announced a deal recently with time warner cable where they feature 300 of their linear channels there, channels like hbo go, going to launch fox now soon all the way down to things like local churches and special interest contempt. we're available here in the u.s., broadly distributed in just about every retail location where you'd expect and going gang busters. >> all right. so let's just cut to the quick. where do you think for each one of you, i'll just make it a blanket question, where do you think you and your company find yourself at odds the most with the people in this room, and what can be done to make those challenges smoothed over or perhaps they're just insurmountable, and we'll start with you suns you seem to be the most -- since yo

apple is in competition with s era toga based roku which has many more channels. with time warner may not be completed for a few months. >>> now to tonight's special report, it's a big prescription medication bust that oakland police showed us exclusively. tara moriarty reports what police say is a growing problem and an easy way to get high. >> reporter: they call it robo tripping, syrup, purple drink or both. you tube is flooded with videos of people who admit to getting high off of it. a high similar to heroin as one user describes. >> it's numbing, it's euphoric, it's relaxing. >> reporter: and it's one of oakland's most dangerous and sought after street drug. >> it's a terrible drug. it's actually rotting their brains. >> reporter: prescription codeine cough syrup. users mix it with soda or juice. >> but it's highly addicting. >> here we have a $40 of prescription robitussin. >> while it may not look like much, authorities say this is their largest bust ever. >> each bottle is $40. >> a lot of people are walking around sipping syrup, trying to be like the rap

apple is in competition with s era toga based roku which has many more channels.th time warner may not be completed for a few months. >>> now to tonight's special report, it's a big prescription medication bust that oakland police showed us exclusively. tara moriarty reports what police say is a growing problem and an easy way to get high. >> reporter: they call it robo tripping, syrup, purple drink or both. you tube is flooded with videos of people who admit to getting high off of it. a high similar to heroin as one user describes. >> it's numbing, it's euphoric, it's relaxing. >> reporter: and it's one of oakland's most dangerous and sought after street drug. >> it's a terrible drug. it's actually rotting their brains. >> reporter: prescription codeine cough syrup. users mix it with soda or juice. >> but it's highly addicting. >> here we have a $40 of prescription robitussin. >> while it may not look like much, authorities say this is their largest bust ever. >> each bottle is $40. >> a lot of people are walking around sipping syrup, trying to be like the rapper

. >> and the new model of sort of itunes and roku and people look at these, the problem there is we justh for them, right? >> exactly. >> you can't charge a lot of them. >> it's a fraction of the cost. michael lynton, the head of sony, said to me if you look at a penny and you look at all of the resources they're now getting from the new technology, it probably amounts to a fifth of the penny, where the full penny, you know, was coming in from dvds. >> so that stream of revenue that was supporting a lot of good movies is collapsing. meanwhile, you point out there's another trend that is rising and increasing at the very same time. >> a huge new trend. and what it was was globalization. and the arrival of a huge foreign market that was developing at an exponential rate during globalization. and the most important of those markets became russia, brazil and south america, and then ultimately and most importantly china, which is making theaters, creating new theaters at ten theaters a day. it's now the number two market in the world. and by 2020 it's going to be the number one market in the

other boxes from roku. and think cost 100 to 400 bucks.solution a thumb sized drive that plugs into the back of your hdtv and costs only $35. the chrome cast is simplier, cheaper and sleeker and could be a 2-inch honk trojan horse lets google slip into the internet tv business and that should thrill viewers and scare the hello out of tech and media titans. apple tv, they're the first wave in google's line of fire. chrome cast could threaten cable giants like comcast and time warner table by going over the top t may pose a risk to channel owners and comcast anddviacom and 21 thest century fox, download shows from internet and skip the live broadcast entirely and they can get videos from the cloud. you don't need a laptop to feed it but you can use the laptop, iphone, ipad or other gadget as remote control for chrome cast. the giants are pushing back. comcast own as piece of the hulu tv website which could get hurt by google's thumb drive. time warner cable let's subscribers play shows on their tablets. time warner ink has hbo-go. google has

. >> roku looks like a hockey puck, it is a streaming player to connect to your tv.ss nearly 1000 channels. we stream everything from the likes of netflix. we announced a deal recently with time warner cable. channels like hbo go, the lunchbox, all the way down to local churches and all kinds of we arel interest content. available in the u.s. and we are going gangbusters. >> let's cut to the quick. where do you think you and your companies find yourselves at odds the most with the people in where you think you enter companies are and what are the biggest challenges? >> the punching bag, osher. a vast majority of our users are cable subscribers. our big initiative -- it is roughly 70% are cable subscribers. we are putting a lot of focus into tv everywhere right now. it is a phenomenal opportunity for us. it has been shown to drive affinity for the cable package. services like hbo go, a wonderful way to get hbo. alline multiplying across of the programmer networks, imagine what espn can do, what nickelodeon can do when these programmers can deliver software along with

honestly for 50 bucks, the roku is probably easier to use. >>> zynga says it won't get involved in internet gambling in and when that becomes legal in the united states. many people figured internet gambling would save zynga. this is a gutsy move by the new ceo there. >>> the nasdaq had its best day in two weeks thursday thanks to a huge jump in shares in facebook. facebook within $4.00 of its ipo price. the second biggest tech ipo behind facebook in the last couple years was workday. that company more than doubled its ipo price when it went on sale in october. workday is in my opinion the most important company you probably haven't heard of. the ceo is one of my guests on "press here." he's an ernst & young entrepreneur of the year, a billionaire, an all-around nice guy. ton same show we'll meet a stormer clernlg football star trying to replace the chicken egg and talk to fran's coolest landlord all after "meet the press" on sunday. >> you always have a really good lineup. >> these are three really good ones, but thank you very much. >>> more must-see tv compliments of scott mcgrew. >> sun

founder and ceo of jawbone, the chief operating officer of twitter, gm of content and services for rokuave a seat, everyone. before i begin and we start talking to this interesting panel, i would be remiss if i did not take the opportunity to asked our friend from twitter about a story that is in the news. there has been a report in the washington post and the about a program called prism in which, and there are the nsa is able to access files of participating companies. twitter, according to public statements, is not a participant. what can you tell us about twitter refusing to participate? and what is your understanding of what chrism exactly is? >> first of all, it is nice to be here. [laughter] very nice to be here at meet the press. the truth of the matter is i cannot comment on details of the matter. we are very interested to see how this story plays out. i will say, one of the core values we have at the company is to defend and respect the user's voice and we believe that tweets belong to the users that create them and we have always try to find the right balance between abiding

. >> roku looks like a hockey puck, it is a streaming player to connect to your tv.early 1000 channels. we stream everything from the likes of netflix. we announced a deal recently with time warner cable. channels like hbo go, the lunchbox, all the way down to local churches and all kinds of special interest content. >> let's cut to the quick. where do you think you and your companies find yourselves at odds the most with the people in this room? what can be done to make those challenges smoothed over or perhaps they are insurmountable? >> the punching bag, sure. a vast majority of our users are cable subscribers. our big initiative -- it is roughly 70% are cable subscribers. we are putting a lot of focus into tv everywhere right now. it is a phenomenal opportunity for us. it has been shown to drive affinity for the cable package. services like hbo go, a wonderful way to get hbo. imagine multiplying across all of the programmer networks, imagine what espn can do, what nickelodeon can do when these programmers can deliver software along with their video in the form of

if you could give them a round of applause, jim bankoff, hossein -- [inaudible] steve shannon from roku. we're supposed to walk out that way. thank you so much, appreciate your time. nice work. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> and now, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the moderator for our content creation panel, the editor-in-chief for television at variety, cynthia littleton. ♪ ♪ [applause] >> and now the rest of the panel. the chairman and ceo of showtime network's incorporated, matt blank. [applause] the president and ceo of amc networks incorporated, josh sapan. and the cochair of disney media networks, anne sweeney. ♪ >> thank you. good morning. thank you all for coming out, i really appreciate it. um, we -- just as we were all talking backstage and listening to everybody that was speaking before us, it is just a diying array of few ways to watch programming, new ways for viewers to engage in programming and literally as i'm trying to keep track of all the acronyms, i realize that it, essentially, boils down to those two things; new ways to watch programming, new ways for viewers to engage w

comb ca chrome cast is to compete with roku and at&t. >>> you can see the dow futures down by 47 points. s&p futures down by 6 points. and the nasdaq is off by 13. yesterday, the nasdaq had its best day in two weeks. that was all thanks to facebook's strong earnings. yesterday, you did see the dow up about 13 points and the s&p up by just over 4. if you look at what's been happening in europe this morning, you'll see that at least the cac is higher. up by .4%. the ftse and dax are weaker. the dax is down by half a percent. in asia, overnight, the nikkei was down by almost 3%. so some major things to watch out for there. not much movement in shanghai or in hang seng. if you look at oil prices, we have been watching these so closely, hovering around $105. this morning, down by 79 cents to 104.70 for wti. the ten-year note is the other one worth watching, because this has been the tail wagging the dog. yield is 2.58%. it touched 2.6% yesterday. if you look at what is happening with the euro, the euro yesterday up for the fourth time in five sessions, versus the dollar. it touched its highe