Category: Roku
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Roku Unveils High-End Pro Series TVs With Redesigned Remote For Under $1,500
Roku is expanding its lineup of branded smart televisions with the new Pro Series, which it says will cost less than $1,500 and launch this spring. The Roku Pro Series will come in 55, 65, and 75 inches, and include the standard features of a high-end television, including a 4K QLED display, Mini-LED local dimming,…
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Roku Wishes You A Happy New Year and A New TV With a Daily Sweepstakes
Roku is bidding adieu to 2023 with the launch of a free New Year’s Central Experience that features pop quizzes, karaoke, and daily sweepstakes for a new Roku TV. Visit The Roku Sweepstakes to enter for a chance to win a 55” Roku Select Series TV, Roku Streambar, and Wireless Bass. You can also enter…
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The Top 10 FREE Roku Apps of 2024 For Roku TVs & Roku Players
Today we take a look at the best FREE Roku Apps for 2024. These free apps are available on Roku players and Roku TVs. Do you have one you want to suggest? Leave us a comment and let us know. Also, these apps are the top 10 free Roku Apps (in no particular order) according…
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How to Set Parental Controls on Roku
With so many shows and films mixing with not so family friendly titles, it’s essential for parents to know how to set up parental controls for Roku, which is a bit different from other streaming devices. While Roku doesn’t have a global parental control setting that restricts access to certain content across all streaming channels,…
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Roku Updates Its Home Screen With New “All Things” Destinations
Today, Roku announced that they are updating their home screen with two new destinations to make finding content even easier. Roku’s goal with this new area is to make watching some of the post popular content on TV easier to find. These new content includes All Things Food, which will help you find programming about…
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The Price Is Right: The Barker Era Channel Adds 60 “New” Episodes
The Price Is Right: The Barker Era streaming channel is getting a batch of “new” episodes from the first season of the longest-running game show in U.S. TV history this November. Starting November 27, fans can catch 60 fresh episodes of The Price Is Right hosted by Bob Barker, which debuted in 1972. New episodes…
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Roku Boasts 75.8 Million Active Accounts As Streaming Hours Hit 26.7 Billion
Roku on Wednesday reported continued growth in active users in the third quarter, but saw its loss widen from a year ago. The smart TV platform company said it had 75.8 million active accounts in the period, up 2.3 million from the second quarter. Streaming hours totaled 26.7 billion, up 4.9 billion, or 5%, over…
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The Recap: Huge Cable TV Losses, Prime Video’s Ad-Free Tier Gets Priced, and More
It was another busy week of earnings, which meant a load of revelations from the various companies. It was a bloodbath for the cable companies, while the wireless companies once again saw strong growth in 5G home internet. Amazon also finally shared how much you’ll have to pay to get rid of ads in its…
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DIRECTV is Releasing a Fix For ‘Down Arrow’ TV Guide Shortcut on Roku Remotes
An update from DIRECTV Stream that came out a week ago removed a beloved feature for Roku users: The ability to immediately pull up the TV guide by hitting down on the Roku remote. DIRECTV said on Thursday that a fix is here. “A fix has been released for accessing the guide which started going…
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Your Roku TV & Roku Player Will Soon Get Some Great New Features & 400+ Free Live Channels With Roku OS 12.5
Today, Roku announced multiple new features coming to the latest version of its operating system coming to its Roku TVs and Roku players designed to make finding what you want easier. It also said that its Roku Channel’s TV guide now offers more than 400 live channels. “As the leaders in streaming TV, we’ve made…