UK Roku Channels

Hi, everyone !!



Before I proceed with my 'Weekly RoundUp' of the past seven days, I'd like to draw your attention to an extra mid-week post I made - FOUND HERE - in which I published details of a PROMO CODE that can be used as part of a SPECIAL OFFER for readers of this blog, to celebrate the launch of a new service - called "Stream Now TV PRO" - that is LIMITED TO 100 ONLY and so, if you have not already taken advantage of this, I recommend you act fast to avoid missing out! ;-)


THE GOOD NEWS IS... even though the offer is being made in partnership with my UK Roku blog, the folks at 'Stream Now TV' will honour this promo code for applicants from any Roku region. So, whether you happen to be from one of the newer Roku "regions" (such as Mexico or France) who has (maybe) stumbled across this blog for the first time... or, perhaps, are a long-time reader from one of the 'older' Roku regions (e.g. Ireland, Canada, or the USA) then you are eligible for this offer too! :-)


MEANWHILE... it's back to business as usual and, if ever justification were needed for publishing my 'Weekly RoundUp' of new additions to the "Official" Roku UK Channel Store, then this post (in particular) is a prime example of why they have always been and will (most likely) remain an essential resource for UK Roku owners as well as a handy reference guide for Roku users worldwide. Some may feel that the existence of a "New" category within the available genres of the channel store, coupled with the equivalent listing within the Roku app for mobile devices, is enough to make these type of posts redundant... but, as you will soon be aware, THEY'RE WRONG, BECAUSE...


Among the new channel additions to the "Official" Roku UK Channel Store (listed below) there are FOUR "Kids & Family" CHANNELS as well as ONE "Food" CHANNEL which, although 'new' to the UK Roku channel line-up, will not be found under the "New" genre of the channel store. In this case, the reason is that they have all been previously added to the channel selection available on Roku devices in the USA with more than a month having passed since their release and (consequently) they no longer qualify as "New" channels - even though they are 'new' to UK Roku users. Anyone relying on the "New" genre of the "Official" Roku UK Channel Store, or the Roku app, for information on new channels will not have been made aware of those five new additions to the UK channel line-up.


Another potential reason for missing out on new channels is that Roku considers them too "risqué" for minors (e.g. channels promoting medical marijuana use, or other adult-themed topics) and chooses not to "highlight" or draw unnecessary attention to them by featuring any such channels in the "New" category of the "Official" Roku UK Channel Store. Again... there is an example of this in the new additions listed below, with ONE "Web Video" CHANNEL being 'new' to the UK Roku channel line-up, but not found within the "New" genre of the channel store. As with the five channels that were "previously released" on Roku devices in the USA, anyone relying on the "New" genre of the "Official" Roku UK Channel Store, or the equivalent listing from the Roku mobile app, for info on new channels will not have been aware of this "adult-themed" channel.


Sometimes... there is only a short delay (i.e. less than one month) between when a channel is first released to USA Roku users and is then (later) added to the "Official" Roku UK Channel Store. Often this scenario will arise when I have successfully made contact with and notified the developer about the situation and requested the channel be extended to UK Roku owners. Under these circumstances, provided the necessary edit(s) are made in good time and the developer notifies Roku of the relevant change(s) to add their channel to the "Official" Roku UK Channel Store (and/or other Roku regions) the channel could still appear in the "New" channel category... but is likely to appear much further down the list - in keeping with the time of it's original release in the USA - and could, therefore, be easily overlooked if someone scrolling down the list of "New" channels spots some "older" releases that they recognise from the previous week(s) and does not bother to continue scrolling far enough to come across the 'late' addition of an otherwise (relatively) 'new' channel. As with the other examples, of both "previously released" and "adult-themed" channels, there was one instance of a "late arrival" recently released addition to UK Roku devices in the shape of ONE "Special Interest" CHANNEL that features among the list of new additions to the "Official" Roku UK Channel Store.


As you will see from the list below, there has been another pretty decent crop of new additions to the "Official" Roku UK Channel Store during the last seven days. Consequently, I have (again) been fairly hard-pushed for time today and so, with further details of any Roku-related news stories from the past week still to follow, I'm going to jump straight into the list of new channel additions and then flesh-out the other aspects of this article as and when I get the chance. That said, you can always look back over the information shared via the companion Twitter Feed: @ukrokuchannels from since my previous 'Weekly RoundUp was posted and you'll find most (if not all) of the news there. Anyway, here's everything we have so far:-







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***FILED UNDER: "WEB VIDEO" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***