Hi, everyone !!
As was the case four weeks ago, there has been another bumper crop of new additions to the "Official" Roku UK Channel Store during the last seven days. More so even than on that occasion, I've been extremely hard-pushed for time today (let's not forget it's Valentines' Day tomorrow) and, with further details for all of the Roku-related news stories from the past week still to follow, I'm going to have to jump straight into the list of new channel additions and then flesh-out those other aspects of this article as and when I get the chance. That said, you can always look back over the info shared via the companion Twitter Feed: @ukrokuchannels since my previous 'Weekly RoundUp was posted and you'll find most (if not all) of the news there.
One thing I will just quickly mention is a LIMITED-TIME OFFER FROM ROKU whereby they are offering Roku users in all regions the opportunity to install a couple of (normally) paid Roku themes at no cost. The opportunity to add these TWO ROKU THEMES to your devices FOR FREE was first made known via my companion Twitter Feed: @ukrokuchannels after I spotted an extra theme in the "Official" Roku UK Channel Store (in the shape of a "White Winter Theme" - details below) and then decided to check through the other themes, to see if any of the others were being offered for free. Having discovered that the "Zen Theme" was also free-of-charge (normally £0.69 when paid for) I decided to share my findings. However, it was a day or so later before Roku published details of the offer via an article - FOUND HERE - on the "Official" Roku blog in which it was also made known that the OFFER ENDS MONDAY 15th FEBRUARY 2016 after which one or both of these themes are likely to require a payment from those wishing to install them. This is only the second time, since introducing the "Themes" genre (i.e. category) to the "Official" Roku UK Channel Store, that any of the (otherwise) paid themes have been offered free-of-charge. Previously, it was the "Golf Theme" and the "Letterpress Theme" which received a full discount - for a similarly brief period of time - and it could well be another year before any equivalent offer from Roku comes our way for any of the remaining "paid" themes. So, my advice is to ACT FAST TO AVOID MISSING OUT and get them (while you still can) with an 100% DISCOUNT and expand your options for themed backgrounds on your Roku devices without incurring any additional expense to do so, as would be the norm! ;-)
UPDATE: The above "Limited-Time Offer" from Roku has since been withdrawn, so I'd just like to clarify that THE ABOVE LIMITED-TIME OFFER HAS NOW ENDED for those of you who may be reading this article after the fact and are (perhaps) wondering why there is now a one-off payment of £0.69 GBP (British Pounds) required to install either of the afore-mentioned freebies. Hopefully those of you who wanted to were able to take advantage of the offer while it was still valid and now have either the "Zen Theme" or "White Winter Theme" (or both) as part of your Roku theme options, at no extra cost to yourselves. If not, as I say, they are available for £0.69 each via the "Theme" genre (i.e. category) of the "Official" Roku UK Channel Store along with a further selection of another twenty paid themes (at varying prices) for you to choose from.
Anyway, while we're on the subject of themes... Roku has today (Saturday) added one of their "Featured" or "Seasonal" themes to Roku devices, in honour of "Valentine's Day" tomorrow (Sunday) and, in case you'd like a sneak-peak (or, if you happened to miss it) here's a couple of screenshots:-
A WORD TO THE WISE... despite having custom themes permanently enabled on my Roku devices this "Valentine's Day" theme was only installed automatically on my 'Roku 3' devices. Bizarrely, the theme was not applied to my 'Roku 2 XS' models (even though they run the same Roku Software - Version 7.0 Build 9044 - as my 'Roku 3' units) and I had to go into Settings > Themes > My themes then scroll through the list to find & add it to them. Not sure why this was necessary but, if anyone else was expecting to get the theme and didn't, at least there is a "workaround" to install it if needed. Do bear in mind that the option to add this "Valentine's Day" theme will only be short-lived and you can probably expect it to disappear come Monday 15th February. Should you not be in the mood for love this weekend, Mike Duin from Roku has offered some suggestions for five alternative "V-Day" films for UK Roku owners who may choose to avoid the plethora of romantic options available. You will find Mike's recommendations - IN THIS POST - on the "Official" Roku Blog. However you may choose to spend the day... with 2,300+ channels in the Roku UK Channel Store, there's sure to be lots of options for whiling away the hours streaming media to your heart's content! :-)
Meanwhile... getting back to the current 'Weekly RoundUp', not all of the 'Roku Guide' reviews were available at the original time of publishing, because more than half of the new channels added to the "Official" Roku USA Channel Store came too late for inclusion in their current batch of reviews.
UPDATE:- Most of the "missing" channel reviews by 'Roku Guide' (mainly those from the latter part of this list) have now been published. Consequently, you will now find that I have since added them to this post, so that you can catch-up on any which caught your interest. There is still one more review which has yet to be published by 'Roku Guide' but (at the time of writing) it is unavailable in the "Official" Roku USA Channel Store (more info below). Of course, should this situation change at any time, I will add the "missing" details to this post. Meanwhile, here's what we have so far:-
UPDATE:- Most of the "missing" channel reviews by 'Roku Guide' (mainly those from the latter part of this list) have now been published. Consequently, you will now find that I have since added them to this post, so that you can catch-up on any which caught your interest. There is still one more review which has yet to be published by 'Roku Guide' but (at the time of writing) it is unavailable in the "Official" Roku USA Channel Store (more info below). Of course, should this situation change at any time, I will add the "missing" details to this post. Meanwhile, here's what we have so far:-
WHITE WINTER THEME............COST: £0.69 (ONE-OFF PAYMENT) [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "THEMES" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
PLEASE NOTE:- That, with Roku now restricting access to the web channel store on the "Official" Roku website for (I believe) all users from Roku "regions" outside the USA, I have decided to include one of the screenshots for this theme [taken from the Roku (USA) website] in this post:-
HINT: Please CLICK on the above image TO ENLARGE IT for easier viewing !!
PLEASE ALSO NOTE:- That, despite this decision by Roku to block it's own customers (at least, those outside the USA) from viewing the descriptions of all channels on their website, I will not be adding screenshots for every channel to my regular 'Weekly RoundUp' posts, since (for the record) they can also be viewed within the channel descriptions from the built-in channel store (accessed via "Streaming Channels" from the home screen) on all Roku devices. Once you have selected a channel from the channel store you simply press "OK" on your Roku remote, to get to the description, and you may then access any images using the "View screenshots" option (where available) to then scroll through any screenshots provided for that channel with the "RIGHT" and/or "LEFT" directional buttons (arrowheads) found on Roku remotes (as supplied with all Roku streaming media players).
DATE NIGHT SHOPPING...................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "SHOPPING" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
MOTORNATION.TV.......................COST: FREE + $5.99 (MONTHLY) [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "SPECIAL INTEREST" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
RZO.................................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "SPECIAL INTEREST" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
***FILED UNDER: "SPECIAL INTEREST" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
BOLLYWOOD MOVIES.......COST: FREE (With Ads) / PPV (Ad-Free) [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "FILM & TV" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
PLEASE NOTE:- That, further information as to the range of content found on this channel can be obtained via the official website of "Bollywood Movies" - FOUND HERE - where you can browse their full catalogue of free Hindi film and television shows. For those of you wishing to "get social" with the folks behind the "Bollywood Movies" channel on Roku devices, you also have the option to connect with them via their FB page which can be found at:- Bollywood Movies (Facebook).
***FILED UNDER: "FILM & TV" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
PLEASE NOTE:- That, further information as to the range of content found on this channel can be obtained via the official website of "Bollywood Movies" - FOUND HERE - where you can browse their full catalogue of free Hindi film and television shows. For those of you wishing to "get social" with the folks behind the "Bollywood Movies" channel on Roku devices, you also have the option to connect with them via their FB page which can be found at:- Bollywood Movies (Facebook).
247 HORROR..........................COST: FREE (With Ads) / PPV (Ad-Free) [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "FILM & TV" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
***FILED UNDER: "FILM & TV" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
SHADE WORTH ENTERTAINMENT................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "MUSIC" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
MY TOON CHANNEL [by HappyKids.TV]........................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "KIDS & FAMILY" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
GRACE CHURCH GLEN ROSE TEXAS............................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "RELIGIOUS" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
IGNITE WRESTLING...........................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "SPORTS" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
iMOVIES ON DEMAND................................COST: £1.49 (MONTHLY) [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "FILM & TV" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
GROWING DEER.................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "SPORTS" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
MAX NOW.TV......................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "MUSIC" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
JAGGED..................................COST: FREE (With Ads) / PPV (Ad-Free) [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "FILM & TV" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
TODAY WORD.....................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "RELIGIOUS" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
VINYL VOYAGE RADIO....................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "MUSIC" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
NETWORK A........................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "SPORTS" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
LATOYA's LIFE....................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "SPECIAL INTEREST" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
THE PRAISE HOUSE.COM.................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "RELIGIOUS" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
KBCN TRUVISION RADIO.................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "MUSIC" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
***FILED UNDER: "MUSIC" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
K9 TV...............................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "KIDS & FAMILY" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
***FILED UNDER: "KIDS & FAMILY" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
LA MEGA MUNDIAL..........................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "MUSIC" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
***FILED UNDER: "MUSIC" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
JESUS IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH & LIFE.......................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "RELIGIOUS" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
***FILED UNDER: "RELIGIOUS" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
BLACK&SEXY TV..........COST: FREE (30-DAY TRIAL) + $7.00 (MONTHLY) [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "FILM & TV" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
***FILED UNDER: "FILM & TV" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
DOC WORLD..........................COST: FREE (With Ads) / PPV (Ad-Free) [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "FILM & TV" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
***FILED UNDER: "FILM & TV" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
GIRLS CHANNEL [by HappyKids.TV]...............................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "KIDS & FAMILY" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
***FILED UNDER: "KIDS & FAMILY" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
URBAN NATION..................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "MUSIC" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
***FILED UNDER: "MUSIC" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
BUILDING BLOCKS [by HappyKids.TV]...........................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "KIDS & FAMILY" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
***FILED UNDER: "KIDS & FAMILY" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
THE GREEN LIVING CHANNEL.......................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "SPECIAL INTEREST" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
***FILED UNDER: "SPECIAL INTEREST" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
NINJA CHARLIE T...............................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "WEB VIDEO" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
***FILED UNDER: "WEB VIDEO" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
WHIZKID SCIENCE.............................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "KIDS & FAMILY" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
***FILED UNDER: "KIDS & FAMILY" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
ELEMENT ANIMATION......................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "COMEDY" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
***FILED UNDER: "COMEDY" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
EVIE'S TOY HOUSE............................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "KIDS & FAMILY" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
***FILED UNDER: "KIDS & FAMILY" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
FREDDY FAIR HAIR..........................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "COMEDY" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
***FILED UNDER: "COMEDY" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
KIDS WILD RIDE.................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "KIDS & FAMILY" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
ANDREW M. FILMS............................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "FILM & TV" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
HANSENDE (CUTE PUPPY VIDEOS)................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "KIDS & FAMILY" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
111 LEGO REVIEWS 111.....................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "KIDS & FAMILY" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
BOYS DEN [by HappyKids.TV]...........................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "KIDS & FAMILY" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
ALEX'S PLANET..................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "KIDS & FAMILY" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
PS TOY REVIEWS...............................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "KIDS & FAMILY" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
THE TOY REVIEWER.........................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "KIDS & FAMILY" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
PET TUBE - PLANET'S FUNNIEST ANIMALS.................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "KIDS & FAMILY" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
THE BACKYARD SCIENTIST............................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "KIDS & FAMILY" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
ESSENTIAL WELLNESS.....................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "MUSIC" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
FN - FINANCIAL NETWORK TV.......................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "NEWS & WEATHER" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
WGCR RADIO (GLOBAL CHRISTIAN RADIO)...............COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "RELIGIOUS" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
EASTERN STAR CHURCH...............................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "RELIGIOUS" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***