NBCU Threatens to Pull Apps From Roku Devices in Escalating Peacock Standoff

Feud hinges on stalled negotiations to add the new streamer to the platform

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The ongoing standoff between Comcast-owned NBCUniversal and Roku is intensifying—and could lead to NBC apps and programming disappearing from Roku devices as soon as this weekend.

Roku informed viewers in a notice this morning that Comcast may revoke Roku’s access to dozens of NBCUniversal apps, including NBC, local stations and Telemundo, on its network of devices as soon as that same day.

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