06/17/2026
Fox is buying Roku. Roku is integrating Smartly. TV is becoming a performance channel. These may seem like separate headlines, but they're all pointing in the same direction. For years, advertisers treated TV and social differently. TV was built for reach. Social was built for performance.
But performance marketing has won.
Advertisers now expect every channel to offer the same things: automation, creative testing, optimization, measurement, and clear business outcomes.
That's exactly what Roku's partnership with Smartly is designed to deliver.
By bringing social-style workflows into Connected TV, Roku is making it easier for brands to run, test, and optimize TV campaigns the same way they do on Meta or TikTok. The timing is no coincidence. With Fox acquiring Roku, the combined company gains premium content, streaming inventory through Tubi, audience data, and an expanding ad tech stack.
That's not just a media company. It's an advertising platform. The biggest shift isn't that TV is becoming digital. It's that TV is becoming measurable.
And the platforms that can make TV buying feel as simple, flexible, and accountable as social advertising may capture the next wave of ad budgets.
The future of TV advertising won't be defined by reach alone.
It'll be defined by performance.