Time Warner Cable's TWC TV is coming to Roku streaming boxes

Confirming what we reported back in April, Time Warner Cable is bringing its TWC TV suite of streaming channels to Roku players. Launching "this quarter" TWC TV on Roku will bring 300 of its channels (including faves like ESPN and the Viacom family of networks) seen on iOS, Android and PCs, crossing what Roku founder and CEO Anthony Wood called "significant milestones." Naturally, it's only available while owners are a home, so hopes for any kind of Slingbox or box-free IPTV action would be more than a bit premature. Still, it does mean that owners can either tune into channels without switching inputs away from Netflix or hook up a TV in a room using just WiFi -- no cable box needed. Like many recent Roku apps however, it is restricted to owners of Roku 2 and newer units. We've seen TWC TV demonstrated on other connected TV platforms like Panasonic, but while we wait for any other announcements you can dig into the press release after the break.

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