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HIDIVE Launches Streaming Channel on Roku

Written By Samantha Ferreira

Earlier today, HIDIVE announced that they launched a Roku Streaming Channel. The app is available to all Roku devices running Roku OS 8.0 and up for users in the following regions:

  • United States
  • Argentina
  • Canada
  • Chile
  • Colombia
  • Costa Rica
  • El Salvador
  • France
  • Guatemala
  • Honduras
  • Ireland
  • Mexico
  • Nicaragua
  • Panama
  • Peru
  • United Kingdom

Prior to the HIDIVE channel launch, the service’s content was made available to VRV subscribers via the VRV app.

HIDIVE founder and president John Ledford comment on the news, stating:

We are excited to bring HIDIVE’s streaming entertainment service to the Roku platform […] We’ve heard from countless passionate Roku users whose collective voices made launching our HIDIVE channel for Roku a top priority and we are pleased to finally deliver this to them.

HIDIVE originally launched in June 2017 as a beta. On June 21, a day after launch, the service announced that they acquired The Anime Network’s online assets.

On March 23, HIDIVE launched its “Dubcast” line of dubbed simulcasts, which sees HIDIVE streaming local-language dubbed versions of shows within two weeks of their Japanese airing.

The platform officially exited beta on April 9, launching as a full-fledged digital platform.

Source: HIDIVE (Press Release)

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Samantha Ferreira

Samantha Ferreira is Anime Herald’s founder and editor-in-chief. A Rhode Island native, Samantha has been an anime fan since 1992, and an active member of the anime press since 2002, when she began working as a reviewer for Anime Dream. She launched Anime Herald in 2010, and continues to oversee its operations to this day. Outside of journalism, Samantha actively studies the history of the North American anime fandom and industry, with a particular focus on the 2000s anime boom and bust. She’s a huge fan of all things Sakura Wars, and maintains series fansite Combat Revue Review when she has free time available. When not in the Anime Herald Discord, Samantha can typically be found on Bluesky.

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