Roku introduced a new streaming service on Tuesday, priced at $3 per month, and it's completely ad-free. It's called Howdy and will offer thousands of movies and TV shows from familiar entertainment companies such as Lionsgate, Warner Bros. Discovery and FilmRise, along with Roku Originals.
Rolling out across the US today, the service is aimed at viewers looking for a budget-friendly option during a year when customers are seeing price hikes among the major streamers. Howdy's library will provide roughly 10,000 hours of programming that it calls "comfort fare," and you'll find movies and shows like Nikita, Weeds, Dirty Dancing, Reservoir Dogs and Elvis. Subscribers can binge -- without commercials -- and watch older and newer content that includes nostalgic TV, rom-com movies, thrill