AllThingsD:

Today, the company is unveiling plans for its Roku Streaming Stick, a flash-drive-sized dongle that plugs into the back of television sets to enable the same streaming capabilities as a Roku box.

Roku is leapfrogging Apple by offering a new device that’s little bigger than the average thumb drive, but packs all the features of set-top digital video streaming devices like Roku’s other offerings and the Apple TV. It’s pretty remarkable, and a smart idea. Roku’s new stick features an HDMI port and works with TVs compatible with Mobile High-Definition Link (MHL). It’s expected to be released in the second half of 2012 at a price that’s yet to be determined.