Angry Birds Set Sights on TV with Roku

Roku, the Internet TV company and Rovio the creators of Angry Birds are signing a deal to bring the game to the big screen, well, to the big screen at home anyway. Roku has been somewhat narrow-minded over what will and will not be made available on their platform so the fact that they are expanding into casual games is a surprise. Perhaps this will also open other avenues for features that Roku users have been wanting for some time. Only time will tell.

Roku will offer Angry Birds, Angry Birds Seasons and Angry Birds Rio video games; launch an Angry Birds video channel featuring Angry Birds animated shorts; and sell Angry Birds merchandise—all via the Roku Channel Store.

Although Rovio is the first partner that will bring popular casual games to Roku, the company is in talks with other casual game providers and aggregators, and will make additional announcements including availability details within the next few weeks. In addition, Roku continues to be an open platform allowing content owners of all sizes to have a channel that streams to the TV.