Hi, everyone !!
If you happen to follow the companion Twitter Feed: @ukrokuchannels to this blog, then you will already be aware that there were no major announcements from Roku during the last seven days and, owing to some personal commitments / demands for family-time over the Easter weekend, I'm going to have to leave it for another day in the (hopefully) not too distant future to "flesh-out" the opening paragraph(s) of this article with the one or two snippets of relevant news that I did manage to come across over the course of the past week. Meanwhile, with 'April Fools Day' also falling on this bank holiday weekend, you might like to have a read of this latest post from the "Official" Roku Stream Blog which, as always, can be relied upon for some light relief (and mild amusement) until you return here to catch-up on the more serious business of "real" info/updates pertaining to our favourite brand of streaming media player. Anyway, with no other major Roku-related (or Roku-specific) news to share with you at this time, I'm now going to turn my attention to bringing you details for all the latest new Roku channels (apps) which were released since my last 'Weekly RoundUp' post was published! :-)
Firstly, though, I'd just like to mention (on a not entirely un-related note) that I have now added links to some (though, still not all) of the 'Roku Guide' reviews that were previously "missing" for many of the new Roku channels released in the last few weeks... so, if you'd like to see an independent appraisal of those, be sure to check-out my post from last week (see link above), which (itself) contains a link to the previous week's post (and so-on, and so-forth), for details of where to find them. Unfortunately, there are (again) more "missing" links to the 'Roku Guide' reviews for one third of the channels that were published during the last seven days... which means, much like many other posts from recent months, I'm going to have to leave it for each of you to (once more) access those details on your own. As of two months ago, you can choose to do that either via the built-in channel store on your Roku device(s)... or else, by following the links provided in each post to the relevant channel description(s) from the Roku Web Channel Store. Meanwhile, once the "missing" reviews have been published by 'Roku Guide', I will (as I have done previously) ensure that I add the relevant links to each post. Apologies (as always) for any inconvenience that may be caused by the absence of active links to an independent review for some of these new apps but, like I say, it was entirely out of my hands. Hopefully they will catch-up on the ones they missed sometime in the coming week!?! ;-) :-)
Still, back to the list... which, as always, will help you to identify the very latest apps that have been added to Roku devices in the UK. Other websites offering Roku channel listings will base their contents on the Roku USA Channel Store, which means they also include apps that are unavailable to UK Roku users. So, like I've said before... if you really want to know what's available channel-wise, for owners of Roku devices in the UK, you need to be reading this blog each and every week! ;-) :-)
With twice the number of active links to check out, not just for this week... but each and every post that has been previously published as part of my 'Weekly RoundUp' series over the last five years, there's a *lot* of reading to catch-up on. So, without further ado, here's my 'Weekly RoundUp' of all new Roku channels released between 25th March 2018 and 31st March 2018:-
ICNDJ..................................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***N.B. THIS WAS UNCATEGORISED in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
PLEASE NOTE:- That, while the 'ICNDJ' channel for Roku devices can be found within the 'New' category (i.e. genre) of the "Official" Roku UK Channel Store, no permanent category / genre had (at the time of writing) been assigned to this channel in the UK. If I can somehow succeed in bringing this matter to the attention of the developer / content provider, I would expect to see this app given a permanent "home" under 'Web Video' in the "Official" Roku UK Channel Store within a few weeks of so-doing. In the meantime, if you don't wish to trawl through the 'New' category of the channel store to find it, I would suggest that you use the built-in Roku 'Search' feature to locate and install it. Using this method, you probably won't even need to finish typing the word "ICNDJ" before seeing the channel listed among the 'Search Results' displayed on the right-hand side of your television screen. Failure to assign a permanent channel store category for the UK within the next four weeks (however) would mean that, once it ceases to be part of the 'New' category, it would no longer be listed, searchable or available to UK Roku users in the channel store (only to users who had installed it previously). So, if you think you are likely to want this channel, my advice would be to install it by the first week in May (at the latest) because, if the necessary edits are not made to the Roku channel package (.PKG file) by that time, you will not be able to afterwards. Needless to say, once the channel has been edited to include a permanent channel store category for the UK, I will update this listing with details of whatever genre has been assigned. As mentioned before, I would expect this category to be the 'Web Video' genre, since that is what was assigned to the channel in the United States.
IGBO WEDDINGS.TV...........................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "LIFESTYLE" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
DANCE AND MUSIC............................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "MUSIC" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
WEED AND WHISKEY TV..................COST: FREE (7-day trial) + $6.99 (MONTHLY) [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "FILM & TV" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
PLEASE NOTE:- That, although this 'Weed And Whiskey TV' channel is FREE-TO-ADD to your Roku device(s) and does afford the opportunity of a SEVEN-DAY FREE TRIAL with which to see what's on offer, those interested in maintaining full access to the content library after the trial period should note that A PAID SUBSCRIPTION WILL BE REQUIRED to continue watching. The cost of a subscription will run to either $6.99 PER MONTH for those looking to subscribe on a short-term basis or keep their monthly outgoings down, or $24.99 PER YEAR for those who plan to subscribe over the long-term. Obviously, in the case of the latter, there are SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS to be had by choosing the ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION PLAN equivalent to OVER 70% OFF over the twelve month term. Needless to say, for those who enjoy streaming this type of original, highly-entertaining cannabis and spirit-friendly programming (incl. music concerts, feature films, shows, plus various "holiday specials", in addition to the (mostly short-format) original programming) the opportunity to "twist one up", pour a whiskey...sit back, relax, and enjoy 'Weed And Whiskey TV' all year round may prove too hard to resist... and the price is good, if you like your "TV with a Twist"! ;-) :-)
HORROR NIGHTS TV...........................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "TRAVEL" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
WGGS TV 16..........................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "RELIGIOUS" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
WOLFBYTES TV......................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "NEWS & WEATHER" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
THE KILLER MOVIE CHANNEL.......................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "FILM & TV" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
AD NATION..........................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "FILM & TV" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
THROUGH HER EYES............................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***N.B. THIS WAS UNCATEGORISED in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
PLEASE NOTE:- That, while the 'Through Her Eyes' channel for Roku devices can be found within the 'New' category (i.e. genre) of the "Official" Roku UK Channel Store, at the time of writing, no permanent category / genre has been assigned to this channel in the UK. If I can somehow succeed in bringing this matter to the attention of the developer / content provider, I would expect to see this app given a permanent "home" under 'Film & TV' in the "Official" Roku UK Channel Store within a few weeks of so-doing. In the meantime, if you don't wish to trawl through the 'New' category of the channel store to find it, I would suggest that you use the built-in Roku 'Search' feature to locate and install it. Using this method, you probably won't even need to finish typing the words "Through Her Eyes" before seeing the channel listed among the 'Search Results' displayed on the right-hand side of your television screen. Failure to assign a permanent channel store category for the UK within the next four weeks (however) would mean that, once it ceases to be part of the 'New' category, it would no longer be listed, searchable or available to UK Roku users in the channel store (only to users who had installed it previously). So, if you think you are likely to want this channel, my advice would be to install it by the first week in May (at the latest) because, if the necessary edits are not made to the Roku channel package (.PKG file) by that time, you will not be able to afterwards. Needless to say, once the channel has been edited to include a permanent channel store category for the UK, I will update this listing with details of whatever genre has been assigned to it. As mentioned before, I would expect this to be the 'Film & TV' genre, since that's where the channel is on US Roku devices.
MLEN AUDIOBOOKS AND OTR..........................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***N.B. THIS WAS UNCATEGORISED in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
PLEASE NOTE:- That, while the 'MLEN Audiobooks and OTR' channel for Roku devices can be found within the 'New' category (i.e. genre) of the "Official" Roku UK Channel Store, at the time of writing, no permanent category / genre has been assigned to this channel in the UK. If I can somehow succeed in bringing this matter to the attention of the developer / content provider, I would expect to see this app given a permanent "home" under 'Film & TV' in the "Official" Roku UK Channel Store within a few weeks of so-doing. In the meantime, if you'd rather not trawl through the 'New' category of the channel store to find it, I would suggest that you use the built-in Roku 'Search' feature to locate and install it. Using this method, you probably won't even need to finish typing the word "MLEN" before seeing the channel listed among the 'Search Results' displayed on the right-hand side of your television screen. Failure to assign a permanent channel store category for the UK within the next four weeks (however) would mean that, once it ceases to be part of the 'New' category, it would no longer be listed, searchable or available to UK Roku users in the channel store (only to users who had installed it previously). So, if you think you are likely to want this channel, my advice would be to install it by the first week in May (at the latest) because, if the necessary edits are not made to the Roku channel package (.PKG file) by that time, you will not be able to afterwards. Needless to say, once the channel has been edited to include a permanent channel store category for the UK, I will update this listing with details of whatever genre has been assigned to it. As mentioned before, I would expect this to be the 'Film & TV' genre, since that's where the channel is on US Roku devices.
FLOWERS AND BEES......................COST: £0.69 (ONE-OFF PAYMENT) [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "SCREENSAVERS" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***