paid tv, transitional paid tv service and a roku, but increasingly people are just using the roku, andse it for a lot of reasons. we have over 2,000 channels available, so the selection is tremendous, the video quality is great, it's much easier to use an a transitional cable box, and, you know, you can get one as low as 49.9 and there's no recurring fees unless you subscribe to netflix, but we've become the easiest way to access hulu or netflix and it's a great new consumer value proposition that folks are really eating up. >> you say folks and let's really call it what it is, the million inials have driven this horse in a different direction, they're the ones saying why am i paying for television, they don't even want it, and many of these kids don't even have cable television anymore, do you think the content providers are in a little bit of denial saying, oh, cord can you get not happening? is cord cutting happening? >> yes. it's not a dramatic trend yet, it's a trickle at this point, but it's accelerating and it is a very important trend. and i wouldn't say folks have their head i

we chose roku right now because they are the best. they have more units out there than apple in the united states. they have much more powerful platform. if you were to google what is the best streaming device they come up as number one all the time. we want to start with the best one. we'll go to the other platforms as soon as we can. >> yeah, we're looking android, which is what our smart tvs are developed on. that is something we're looking into. we're working on amazon. apple is kind of a hard nut to crack. they're not answering our calls as much as we would like. but once this thing starts cranking they will be knocking our door down. liz: yeah. >> we're looking for you guys. liz: what he said. i will. who needs the property brothers. you guys are dress like twins. that is what matters. >> there you go. >> i went without the played today. i don't know why. >> solidarity for the black out in d.c. we had this whole thing planned. coincidence? i think not. liz: i think not. come back, brian stevens, frank garay. david: tim cook shou

bloomberg tv plus is now available on roku players and roku tv streaming for free.ou can also see us on your phone or tablet and we will be right back. ♪ mark: welcome back. this is "bottom line" on bloomberg television. coming up on bloomberg television, more from the conference as we hear from francis collins, the director of the national institute for health. and, the monday edition of latin america report live from mesko city. a 2:50 come investing in portugal portugal's deputy prime minister. we will be right back. ♪ mark: welcome back. i'm mark crumpton in new york. thank you for staying with us. we continue the coverage of the 2015 institute global conference. erik schatzker and stephanie ruhle standing by with dr. francis collins, director of the national institute of health. classic a lot of people that a lot of money and influence. where is it in terms of funding? >> i wish the picture were prettier. that is having a significant, negative affect, particularly on investigators trying to get things going. they depend on nih. stephanie: how realistic is a bil

in the next hour we have the general manager of roku. of course these are different up start companies saying guess what, we can do this better, we can provide better. at issue with the time warner comcast situation. at issue, complainers out there, they will be too powerful depending which company. >> look at dish. another one of the firms we keep talking about. buy or merger with. that tells you the that market is discounting all these companies that were either going to be acquired or would be sort of marriage of equals which would create synergies and earnings, and decent earnings going forward. accretive to earnings. that is what this is saying. again -- liz: time warner, i'm sorry, at&t is also down. >> i would say this. this is an interesting thing. if this deal doesn't happen, how long does al sharpton have his show on msnbc? that is always been the high level speculation that brian roberts and mr. burke over at comcast, gave al sharpton, who is very close with the white house, that show and for one reason only, that was to facil

groupon roku? that's not quite it. oh, i got it, i got it -- venmo surfboardt!ammit what was it again? no, it's got money in it. teflon nickel? >> pastor creflo dollar. >> larry: creflo dollar! all right! i was 95 cents away! how could i forget that name? that's right, creflo dollar, the only mega church pastor to get his name from a list of rejected "star wars" characters, is back! sorry. i'm just having a little good-natured fun with his name because it is objectively absurd. anyway, what was creflo in the news for again? >> this atlanta-based mega church in the firing line after urging its members to fund a new gulf stream jet for its controversial leader. >> larry: that was back in march, and when people criticized him, some of them being kuwait quite debonaire he shut it down faster than a mega church pastor at a tasteful suit factory. but creflo's back, and this time -- it's personal. >> if i want to believe god for a $65 million plane, you cannot stop me. you cannot stop me from dreaming. >> larry: you cannot stop me! you cannot stop me from dreaming! can

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sling is available on, like, fire tv, roku sticks, and those, you know, it has made it for any tv newportthe tech genius in my house my husband is, so thanks so much pete. >> thank you . >> more trouble for the apple watch, if you're planning on buying the new wearable device don't expect it to buy it in an apple store any time soon. they said it would be available in stores april he will 24th, but now they're saying it won't be available for a couple of weeks and customers will have to continue organized them online and as we mentioned those orders may not be filled for months. >>> well texas officials say there might be a solution to state crice they're announcing a program tabp, which will offer mostly online target degrees for a low cost. but will this work? best-selling author is back, larry, so so good to see you. what do you think of this texas plan? they're going to cut the prices, do you like it? >> well, i like anything that reduces student loan debt and drives down the cost of education for college students, and the program is a great idea, in my opinion because they got togeth

instead of watching dvd's they recommend using a streaming device like roku or apple tv.y use 20 to 50 #50 % less power than a gaming con sul. >>> have i got highlights for you, you you you know what? i'll just spread the wealth. i have highlights for everybody. don't move! >> we also have puppies in studio. stick around for that live look right now at golden gate bridge as the rain clears out of the bay area. your weather forecast as well . >>> i have two bay area baseball teams with some fireworks toward the end. we'll start you off in oakland. the a's the pitching duel here. this is astros dallas . open up the storing. bottom of the 10th. josh redick in dic in pinch hit fashion. it might have been more but they waived him in and he is a dead duck at the plate. want to go to the 11th inning? let's take you there. >> hit hard. robbie grossman. he singled in two. houston retook the lead and in fact added another and led 5-2 but the a's kept coming back as i pound the desk for emphasis. down a run brett got one back, back but just on the emg of the warning track. the eveni

we saw an explosion in growth, first on youtube like i said earlier, no one faced look and hulu and roku all these outlooks we knew we had found a better way. all my life, i had to do with program directors and radio in tv who did not know a thing about connecting and audios -- an audience. it turns out, we are at over 2.5 billion views. apparently, we had a bit of a winning formula and did no what we're talking about the be honest with your audience. if you're honest with your audience and you serve them, politicians, powerful people they recognize it. host: what is the goal progressives should have in 2016? guest: they have got to be a forceful as possible starting immediately. the hope resumption hillary clinton will walk in the primaries is a terrible idea. the whole point of a primary us to have a real battle of ideas within the party. after the primary, it is too late. then they will scream, what do you want to do? you want a republican in office? they're right about that. if you give me a choice between hillary clinton and a maniac like ted cruz, of course i will choose hillary cl

hintz: well, i am already roku.ar-old son tell me that i should get rid of all of my cable suppliers in my arizona home and my new jersey home. olivia: what about google? craig: google is trying to do something very similar to the wireless business -- olivia: are they going to put at&t and prizes out of business? craig: they will not put them out of business, but it is a deflationary force. olivia: my wireless bill seems to keep going up. tom: yes, precisely. olivia: coming up, we will hear from the ceo himself, john legere will be on "bloomberg west." this is "bloomberg surveillance."" on bloomberg television. ♪ tom: good morning, everyone. "bloomberg surveillance." professor brad hintz with us. we will talk banking with mr. hintz. his former colleague, craig moffett, with us. i will fold all of this in together, and this goes to your wonderful research notes on the disruption of media business will stop i have got disney waiting on the home run of the "avengers," than they go to the home run of "star wars: content

hulu roku android playstation, you name it, and then in august, we are releasing the entire catalog inautiful box set. alix: a special thanks to brian with comedy dynamics breed that is it for "street smart," and tomorrow, manny pacquiao will be on the show. don't miss it. john: i am john heilemann. mark: and i am mark halperin. you might want to consider a certain tv show. with all due respect. on the show, baltimore, but first, hillary clinton. she had her campaign in a video where she did not say much about anything. she then did some small-scale event in new hampshire that many thought were equally un-, but today for the first time, she

when you've got a roku out there or a building crew out there they are making -- road crew out therer a building crew out there, they are making money for their families. and at the same time, you are making it possible for the small restaurant around the corner to sell a few extra lunches to those working on the site. so it is actually good when you are building, you are helping americans and you are building the middle class. so i agree with you, edward. out only say this. i can't tell you that i can give you a lot of congress that congress will get this done right when it comes to a service transportation bill, the kind of registration that we have done in the past on a bipartisan basis, to get our roads and our bridges rebuilt, our schools improved, our bridges retrofitted and our hospitals retrofitted in california -- in places like california or have earthquakes. we should be doing that. it not only creates jobs, but it is what our kids in need. if you have a decrepit railroad system, if you have ports that can handle the largest container ships that are coming in, then you are

chrome cast rokus below $100 price point. >> the business for them in all 0 the content that we're buyverything that tear taking and the icloud apple -- where are you on apple pay? >> it's a great feature to help sell the phone, right? but it's not a revenue driver. 15 bips. i like the feature. >> why do you think the company -- the company's very big on the watch and excited about. they are going to do that on any rollout? they seem to think it's more of a big deal than you do. >> well i think wearables is a big category. will they own that? >> i point out they're not breaking out watch. >> right. >> they're rolling it into you know the other -- >> are you buying the stock or no. >> no. i'd see it -- it's underperforming in the s&p since mid-february. >> price target? >> 115. looking for a pullback. >> we will watch for that. colin, thanks for joining us. >> large numbers, too. >> pete rose looking for baseball reinstatement. the new baseball commissioner weighed in on the controversial ballplayer earlier on squax"squawk box" and generating buzz on twitter. highlights when we return.

we saw an explosion in growth, first on youtube like i said earlier, no one faced look and hulu and roku these outlooks we knew we had found a better way. all my life, i had to do with program directors and radio in tv who did not know a thing about connecting and audios -- an audience. it turns out, we are at over 2.5 billion views. apparently, we had a bit of a winning formula and did no what we're talking about the be honest with your audience. if you're honest with your audience and you serve them, politicians, powerful people they recognize it. host: what is the goal progressives should have in 2016? guest: they have got to be a forceful as possible starting immediately. the hope resumption hillary clinton will walk in the primaries is a terrible idea. the whole point of a primary us to have a real battle of ideas within the party. after the primary, it is too late. then they will scream, what do you want to do? you want a republican in office? they're right about that. if you give me a choice between hillary clinton and a maniac like ted cruz, of course i will choose hillary clinto