Tag: Roku
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Top 10 Roku Channels Every Cord Cutters Should Check Out For August 2017
2017 has been a great year for Roku owners with hundreds of new channels added and just recently many great ones and it is only half over. So we thought we would take a look at what are some of the best channels on the Roku as of August 2017. Here is our short list of…
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Roku Is Cracking Down on Piracy
It looks like Roku has had enough of non-certified Roku Channels allowing piracy on its devices. Non-certified Roku Channels enable developers to publicly test Roku Channels before they submit them to the Roku Channel Store. Anyone can create a Roku Channel, and if you know the code you can add it to your Roku bypassing…
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Brown Sugar, a New Streaming Service, Launches on Roku
The company behind the over-the-air TV network Bounce TV is now launching a streaming service called Brown Sugar. The new service will focus on the African-American community according to its VP of Digital Content Calandria Meadows. Brown Sugar costs $3.99 a month and comes with about 300 titles with a mix of movies and TV…
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What Streaming Player Offers the Best Parental Controls? (Answering Your Questions)
Most streaming players offer parental controls that allow you to have control over what content is streamed to your house. This enables parents to feel safe letting their kids access content on their Roku or Fire TV to name a few. I get asked about parental controls for cord cutters and, as a parent with…
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RCA Announces a New Line of Roku TVs
Today RCA announced their new line of smart TVs running the Roku® OS are available starting today. The new line of RCA Roku TVs includes a 50” HD model or $499 MSRP, 43” HD model for $379.99 MSRP and 32” model for $249.99 MSRP. The RCA Roku TVs are available online at retailers like Amazon and in-store…
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First Look: Hulu’s Beta Channel & Live TV Service on Roku Players
A few weeks ago Cord Cutters News confirmed that Hulu has started beta testing the new app and live TV streaming service on Roku streaming players. Now we have seen the Roku channel running, and it is similar to the new apps you will find on the Fire TV and Xbox One. Here is your…
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Here Are The Top 10 FREE Roku Channels as of August 2017
Roku has long been the leader in free video channels; however, with so many channels to choose from, finding the best can be difficult. So here are the top 10 free Roku video channels as of August 6th, 2017, according to the Roku Channel Store. (Note: We only included video channels on this list. Pandora would once again be number…
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A New Roku Update is Rolling Out Today
In July Roku released their OS 7.7 update to the popular Roku line of streaming players. Now it seems they are rolling out a hot fix to remove some bugs that came with the 7.7 update. We are not exactly sure what the new 7.7 build 4117 updates fixes but it seems to be a small…
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We Are Giving Away 3 Months of FREE DIRECTV NOW, HBO, STARZ, Cinemax, & A Roku Premiere
To celebrate my 5th anniversary of becoming a cord cutter we are giving away 3 months of DIRECTV NOW Gotta Have It package with over 120 channels. You will also get 3 months of FREE HBO, STARZ, and Cinemax. Now to make sure you have something to watch all of that with we are including the…
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DIRECTV NOW is Now Available on More Roku Devices
To the joy of many Roku owners AT&T today updated their Roku Channel to include support for more devices. Back in June when DIRECTV NOW came to Roku it only supported the following devices: Roku Streaming Stick (2016) Roku Premiere Roku Premiere + Roku Ultra Roku 4 Roku 3 Roku Express Roku Express+ 4K Roku…