After Google had Roku remove their unlicensed YouTube channel and indications over a year ago that a new channel was under development, CEO Anthony Wood tells analyst Michael Wolf that YouTube on Roku “isn’t far away.” By the same token, he mentions that Google now requires partners to integrate their YouTube HTML app and Roku has found performance on their current “cheap” chips “unacceptable.” Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like we’ll be seeing new Roku hardware this season (other than the Streaming Stick) … although Roku 2 packaging has seen a refresh in time for the holidays (as shown below).