Category: Roku
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Roku Adds Live News to The Roku Channel
Last year Roku announced The Roku Channel, a free streaming service with access to on-demand content. Now they are expanding the service to add live news for free in May as part of the Roku 8.1 Update. “We built The Roku Channel so it’s easy to navigate, offers great content and brings real value to…
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ESPN+ Arrives on Roku Streaming Players
Today ESPN announced that they have updated their ESPN Roku Channel to add support for ESPN+. “Roku customers have enjoyed the ESPN channel for years. The launch of ESPN+ marks an exciting moment for the OTT sports experience, giving consumers more sports content from their favorite pastimes than ever,” said Scott Rosenberg, General Manager of…
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TCL’s New 2018 5-Series Roku TVs With 4K Dolby Vision HDR Are Now On Sale
Today TCL has put their new TCL 5-Series Roku TVs with 4K Dolby Vision HDR on sale at Best Buy. Now, these are not the higher end 6-Series TVs. According to TCL the 6-Series Roku TV will come out in May 2018. The TCL 5-Series offer 4K UHD picture quality that also includes Dolby Vision…
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Roku Bans cCloud TV as Their Piracy Crackdown Continues
After their recent defeat in a Mexican court over piracy on Roku, it looks like Roku is once again continuing their crackdown. Last week they removed USTVNOW and now they have banned cCloud TV. This follows other popular private Roku channels being banned such as XTV and many others. Roku is hoping if they can…
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Sling TV Is Offering Half Off the Roku Ultra Or a FREE Roku Express
Been thinking about getting the 2017 Roku Ultra or the 2017 Roku Express? (Note the 2017 Roku Ultra and Roku Express are the most current models.) Also looking at trying Sling TV? Right now may be the moment you have been waiting for. Right now Sling TV has great device deals for new customers including a…
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Survey: Most Cord Cutters Looking Plan to Buy a Roku Streaming Player
Recently Cord Cutters News conducted our Spring 2018 Survey and more than 2,500 of our readers took the time to let us know what they think on many cord cutting topics. One of the questions we asked our readers was if they plan to buy a streaming player this year what company would they buy…
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Older Roku Channels Have Until the End of the Year to Update
Roku has been upgrading not only its boxes but also its user experience. In recent months many high profile older Roku Channels such as MLB.TV and PlayStation Vue have updated with new refreshed looks. This is part of Roku’s effort to push channel owners to update. Now it seems that it has come to an…
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Roku Releases Streaming Socks to Control Your Roku With Your Feet
Every had your hands full but still wish you could control your Roku? Now with the Roku Streaming Socks, you can do just that. Yup no longer do you have to worry about messy or full hands with the new Roku Streaming Socks. Here are the socks in action: Key features include: 1) Highly-sensitive built–in motion sensors: all…
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Survey: Most Cord Cutters Use Roku Streaming Players
Last week Cord Cutters News conducted our Spring 2018 survey. We talked with over 2,400 of our readers and asked them a wide range of questions related to cord cutting. One of the questions we asked was what devices they used to stream content online. According to our readers, Roku is continuing their domination in…
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Roku is Looking For Beta Testers
Most springs Roku rolls out an OS update with new features. Last year we got a long list of new features for both Roku TVs and Roku players. Now it looks like Roku is getting ready to once again roll out an OS update focusing on media updates. This morning Roku started to email developers asking…