What are your favourite Roku channels?

[bobbytb]

Like others on this forum, I've recently just gotten myself a Roku (3) and am wondering what are your "must have" channels. Here are some that I've just added that I need to checkout/test:

• Netflix
• HuluPlus
• CNE
• ifood.tv
• Fox News
• WSJ Live
• Angry Birds Space
• PBS Kids
• Crackle
• Plex
• Fox Now
• Smithsonian Channel
• Spotify
• A&E
• History Channel
• NBC News
• Huff Post Live
• Youtube
• CBS News
• Livestream
• Roku Media Player
• PBS
• Syfy
• Sky News
• Nowherecast
• BBC World Service

Would love to hear what you guys and gals recommend/have on your rokus??

 

[Zenbaas]

Haha glad you started this thread. Will be nice to see what everyone is using.

 

[feo]

Slightly OT, I added the Youtube channel from my iPhone app but it's not on the Roku.

Am I missing something?

 

[bobbytb]

I don't have the mobile app (yet) . I added the YouTube channel via the channel store on the Roku I think. If it doesn't show up on your roku, just go to settings and run an update.

Pls post your channels here if you have anything that you like or it isn't mentioned already.

 

[Yotch]

Vevo - music videos
Pandora - background music no videos
NHK World - news from Japan
eNCA - eTV news channel - available in NowhereTV International feeds but kept freezing the last time I checked
USTVNow - ABC, CBS, NBC etc - 45 day free trial
LibriVox - huge library of free audio books - good resource for elderly with vision problems

 

[bobbytb]

Thanks Yotch! I'll checkout eNCA on NowhereTV and NHK World...

 

[Saajid]

Mobile app? What mobile app? What does it do and how do I get it on Android?

 

[feo]

You can add channels to the Roku from the app and also use it as a remote amongst other things. Maybe check the Android app store?

 

[bobbytb]

Plex do have an android app on the play store. It's also free if you have plex pass.

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

The Youtube app is a bit sucky. I cannot see any of my subscribed channels, i hope this is just a bug that they will fix soon.

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

You can add channels to the Roku from the app and also use it as a remote amongst other things. Maybe check the Android app store?

You can't download it using the SA store. You can get the APK here though: https://mega.co.nz/#!r14j3aQZ!UY6XrDLq-Yi90G6E4m-J3kJryNoXqPzmoatWj_3_bpU

 

[bobbytb]

The Youtube app is a bit sucky. I cannot see any of my subscribed channels, i hope this is just a bug that they will fix soon.

Haven't spent much time with the YT app, but it seems to work just fine for me. After signing in I can see all my subscribed channels on the left and going to subscriptions shows the latest videos as expected

 

[Saajid]

You can't download it using the SA store. You can get the APK here though: https://mega.co.nz/#!r14j3aQZ!UY6XrDLq-Yi90G6E4m-J3kJryNoXqPzmoatWj_3_bpU

Awesome stuff thanks. Between using mostly third party apps as a remote. Great to finally have the official Roku app. Sucks that I won't get updates though..

 

[ngwe23]

The Youtube app is a bit sucky. I cannot see any of my subscribed channels, i hope this is just a bug that they will fix soon.

YouTube works fine for me. Am liking the fact that i can "cast" stuff from my phone's YouTube app to the Roku. I can see the subscriptions just fine

 

[bobbytb]

http://rokutv.blogspot.com/p/roku-tv-channels.html - Just came across this collection of private Roku channels.

I have not tried out that many, but the best here is easily NowhereTV [code: H9DWC]. It seems to contain streams from many other channels.

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

YouTube works fine for me. Am liking the fact that i can "cast" stuff from my phone's YouTube app to the Roku. I can see the subscriptions just fine

Got Youtube working, had to sign out and back in again, When it signed in again all my channels showed up.

 

[bobbytb]

So, how does one beam YouTube videos to the Roku from a (android) mobile device?

 

[ngwe23]

So, how does one beam YouTube videos to the Roku from a (android) mobile device?

Pair the phone with the YouTube Roku app

 

[Hogrod]

Nasa tv
Playon
Playon Mymedia (alternative to plex app for local content)

 

[Zenbaas]

What region do you guys have your Roku set as...? Getting a lot of "not supported for your region".