# Devices & Distribution — The State of Streaming

> Smart TVs, FAST channels, Roku/Amazon/Apple/Google TV platforms, bundling.

Section URL: https://thestateofstreaming.com/devices-distribution/
Articles in this section: 5

## Articles

- [The Roku-TCL Class Action Puts Auto-Update Stewardship on Trial](https://thestateofstreaming.com/devices-distribution/2026/05/roku-tcl-class-action-bricked-tvs/) — 2026-05-03
  Else v. Roku is the first federal class action to frame an over-the-air software push as the defect itself — testing whether smart-TV OS providers can ship update contracts that survive a bricked device.

- [The Cord-Cutting Cliff Stalled in Q1 2026. The Consensus Hasn't Caught Up.](https://thestateofstreaming.com/devices-distribution/2026/04/cord-cutting-pause-2026-thesis-rewrite-2/) — 2026-04-27
  Q3 2025 was the first pay-TV net add since 2017, and Comcast and Charter just narrowed Q1 video losses — but the consensus is still working off Q1 2025's record vMVPD bleed.

- [The Cord-Cutting Cliff Stalled in Q1 2026. The Consensus Hasn't Caught Up.](https://thestateofstreaming.com/devices-distribution/2026/04/cord-cutting-pause-2026-thesis-rewrite/) — 2026-04-27
  Q3 2025 was the first pay-TV net add since 2017, and Comcast and Charter just narrowed Q1 video losses — but the consensus is still working off Q1 2025's record vMVPD bleed.

- [V Set to Overtake LG webOS in Europe, Omdia Forecasts](https://thestateofstreaming.com/devices-distribution/2026/04/hisense-vidaa-overtakes-lg-webos-europe-2026-2/) — 2026-04-27
  Hisense's renamed smart-TV OS is on pace to pass webOS in European shipments — and the ad-supply path that comes with it routes through Nexxen, Trade Desk, and Teads, not LG.

- [V Set to Overtake LG webOS in Europe, Omdia Forecasts](https://thestateofstreaming.com/devices-distribution/2026/04/hisense-vidaa-overtakes-lg-webos-europe-2026/) — 2026-04-27
  Hisense's renamed smart-TV OS is on pace to pass webOS in European shipments — and the ad-supply path that comes with it routes through Nexxen, Trade Desk, and Teads, not LG.