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08 January 2024 - Press release

Voice Controlled Music Video with celebrity-backed ROXi music service

• Celeb-backed ROXi music streaming service (backers include Simon Cowell, Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue and Sheryl Crow) will make multiple major announcements at CES
• Smart and Pay TV vendors including LG, Sky and Samsung to collaborate with ROXi to add Voice and Remote powered on-demand Music Video search and play to their TV user experience 
• Smart TVs will leapfrog Smart Speakers with free and instant Voice Activated Music Videos 
• Consumers will be able to command their TV to “Play Taylor Swift” with their voice - the TV will then automatically turn on and start playing Taylor Swift’s music videos
• ROXi offers its TV partners a unique full catalogue music video service – all the Original Music Videos plus over 100 million ROXi Virtual Music Videos  
• New Poll shows 60% of consumers want to use their TV as a replacement for a Smart Speaker when it features Voice Control and ROXi’s comprehensive Music Video Catalogue
• ROXi also expanding to USA in 2024 available on Samsung, LG, Vizio, Sony Bravia, Fire TV, Roku, Comcast, Sky, Google TV, Android TV, NVIDIA Shield TVs 

 

ROXi, the revolutionary free music video streaming app for TVs backed by Simon Cowell and Kylie Minogue will announce new strategic partnerships with major Smart TV brands including LG, Sky and Samsung which will turn millions of Smart TVs into a Smart Speaker replacement for music.

ROXi will integrate its unique catalogue of 100 million Original and Virtual Music Videos into the global Search and Voice Command functions of major Smart TV user experiences, enabling consumers to search for and play any music, in the same way that they can search for Movies and TV programming today, including with their voice.

“Our partnerships with the world’s biggest Smart and Pay TV companies brings free and instant access to ROXi’s 100 million Music Videos on tens of millions of TVs,” said Rob Lewis. “Consumers will be able to use their Voice or TV remote, to instantly play all their favourite music, all in a music video format”.

 

New Voice and Search partners include LG, Sky, Samsung and new territories include USA
New Voice and Search partner announcements will include LG, Sky and Samsung.  In LG’s case, ROXi’s catalogue of 100 million music videos will be available in LG TV’s content library, fully searchable via Voice and via the LG Magic Remote.*

Matthew Broughton, Director, LG Smart TV Content & Services, said, “ROXi’s full catalogue of 100 million original and virtual music videos will be integrated directly into the Search function on all new LG TVs from 2024 enabling LG TV users to search for Music, as well as TV and Movies.”

An imminent US launch is also being announced at CES, with ROXi announcing the new service will be available across America on Samsung, LG, Vizio, Roku, Comcast, Sky, Sony Bravia, NVIDIA Shield TVs, TCL, HiSense, Amazon Fire TV, Google TV and Android TVs.

 

Smart Speaker replacement
“Music represents 80% of listening on Smart Speakers today; but that’s audio-only listening and audio-only is ridiculous on a TV and when there is a TV in every home,” said Rob Lewis, ROXi CEO.

“The TV will overtake the Smart Speaker as the preferred music player in the home, not only because an audio-visual experience is better in the home than audio-only but also because a TV provides for a much superior browsing experience.”

 

Poll finds 60% of consumers would swap Smart Speaker for TV with music videos
Consumer demand is predicted to be significant. Independent research poll commissioned by ROXi and published today reveals over 75% of US consumers want to try ROXi’s free TV app on their Smart TV and 60% of US consumers are interested in switching their home music listening from audio-only Smart Speakers to full music videos playing on the TV.**

Simon Cowell, Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue celebrity shareholders and ROXi curators
As well as the biggest and most comprehensive music video catalogue, ROXi’s free TV app also delivers hundreds of high-quality Music Video Channels for every mood and occasion curated by some of the biggest names in music, including ROXi backers Simon Cowell, Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue and Sheryl Crow, allowing users to sit back and enjoy the very best interactive Music Video Channels instantly.  

ROXi TV App Demos at CES Las Vegas 2024
ROXi is hosting a limited number of demos and briefings at CES at The Cosmopolitan Hotel. If you would like to have a live demo and briefing with ROXi’s CEO Rob Lewis please contact Tim Hadley (details below).