EXCLUSIVE: As bundling continues to take over streaming, Roku is introducing a customizable set of bundles with 30 new combinations of services including HBO Max, AMC+, Fox One and Starz.
It is the first time that bundles have been made available via Premium Subscriptions, which is essentially Roku’s version of a channel store. There are 30 possible combinations going live in the U.S., offering savings of up to 30% compared with signing up for each service individually. (See full list of bundles below.)
As is the case with all Premium Subscriptions, bundles can be found throughout the Roku platform including within the Subscriptions Destination, Streaming Store and Premium Subscriptions Home.
Data from research firm Antenna provided by Roku to Deadline points to the potency of sign-ups that come through Premium Subscriptions. The firm found that 76% of Premium Subscription sign-ups are incremental and would not have happened as direct-to-consumer transactions. Also, the 98% of subscribers were new to a given service.
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Earlier this year, Roku said it had surpassed 100 million global households. The company has agreed to be acquired by Fox Corp. in a $22 billion deal expected to close in the first half of 2027.
The new offerings come in the same week that rival Amazon Prime Video introduced a $30-a-month bundle featuring AMC+, Starz, BritBox, PBS Masterpiece and MGM+. Pay-TV providers like YouTube TV, DirecTV and Charter have been offering a growing menu of bundled packages, and even stand-alone SVODs like Peacock and Disney+ have formed direct bundles with streaming peers.
Roku’s subscription business has been on the upswing. In the first quarter, Premium Subscriptions registered the most sign-ups in it history, and subscription revenue jumped 30% over the prior-year quarter to reach $518.5 million. More than 75 individual subscriptions are available on Roku.
Randy Ahn, Roku’s VP and GM of subscriptions, told Deadline in an interview that the company had tested the bundles for several months before the launch, exploring a wide range of candidates. “It’s a capability that’s obviously extremely important to the industry and it’s great for subscriptions,” he said. The company’s main objective, he said, was to deliver “flexibility, choice and value” to its users.
Asked how Roku uses its vast amount of data to arrive at particular combinations, Ahn said, “There’s no magic-bullet formula.” Sometimes, he added, the logic behind a bundle is obvious; other times, the services may seem to “have nothing to do with each other, but maybe one is for a husband and the other is for the wife.”
He declined to offer specifics across the bundle portfolio in terms of revenue splits or data sharing. Asked about potentially scaling up the size of Roku’s bundles to match offerings with as many as five services, Ahn said Roku is open to possibilities but “focused on the capability” rather than quantity. “Over time, we want to continue to better understand how far bundles can go,” he said.
One of the services featured in the bundles is Howdy, Roku’s own $3-a-month, commercial-free home for library titles. Howdy launched in August 2025 and hit 1 million subscribers earlier this year.
For programmers, hitching their wagon to a large-scale tech platform is often worth giving up consumer data and revenue. Especially for the majority of streaming players now selling ads along with subscriptions, scale is crucial.
AMC Global Media is one example of a company willing to explore various potential ways of reaching streaming consumers. In a statement, Amy Leasca, the company’s EVP of partner growth, said Roku’s new bundles will help viewers “find the programming they want with a level of convenience and value individual subscriptions don’t offer.”
Two bundles are being offered in Mexico: Filmelier+ and Adrenalina Pura+; and Looke and Booh! Here are the bundles now available in the U.S.:
HBO Max and Cinemax
Howdy and A&E Crime Central
Howdy and Hallmark+
Starz and MGM+
Starz and Hallmark+
Starz and AMC+
Starz and Crunchyroll
Starz and BritBox
Starz and Acorn TV
Fox One and Fox Nation
AMC+ and Hallmark+
AMC+ and Acorn TV
Hallmark+ and Acorn TV
A&E Crime Central and Lifetime Movie Club
FlixLatino and Pinguinitos
Curiosity Stream and MagellanTV
Curiosity Stream and Get.factual
BritBox and BBC Select
Hi-YAH! and RetroCrush
Shout! TV and Screambox
Shout! TV and Midnight Pulp
Fandor and Midnight Pulp
Fandor and Sundance Now
PlayKids Learning and Ryan and Friends
MHz Choice and Kino Film Collection
Sundance Now and Kino Film Collection
Viaplay and France Channel
Viaplay and Walter Presents
UP Faith & Family and Howdy
UP Faith & Family and Dove Channel
UP Faith & Family and aspireTV+
MagellanTV & Docurama