Rokus & Streaming Content

In 2013 we launched a new service at the library by offering newly released movies to stream on a device you can checkout.  The device was the Roku and by redeeming digital movie codes using the service Vudu.  This idea came about when I was cataloging DVDs and asked, "What do we do with these digital movie codes?"  The response "We throw them out".   At that time I was not sure when or how we were going to use them, but I said to give them to me.  I was just starting to get into streaming and with my own Roku starting researching and testing Apps that would work with these codes, that would support simultaneous users, and easy to use.  My library was featured in the article "Libraries Stream toward Roku Lending" in American Libraries Magazine January 30, 2015,  page 20. Today we have seven devices for adults with access to over 300 movies and Netflix and HuluPlus and five devices with family related movies and Channels.

The video on connecting your Roku to the TV is our most popular YouTube video created by Dave.