Roku CFO Says Content Dispute With Google Different

Roku’s dispute with Google over what it calls unfair terms (see 2104260071) for YouTube TV “has nothing to do with an economic deal,” Roku Chief Financial Officer Steve Louden told investors: Roku is "not asking for any more money or any more value." The streaming platform company is asking Google "to be reasonable" by not manipulating search results on Roku, not making Roku divulge personally identifiable information in consumer data “that we don’t provide to anybody,” and not requiring things on the device side “that would increase our cost basis, erode our [bill of materials] cost advantage” from Google streaming products including Chromecast and Android TV, he said Monday. Google didn't comment Tuesday.