Roku UK Channel Store - Weekly RoundUp #19

Hi, everyone !!


If the heat has been getting to you this week, then you're not alone. For, despite making an impressive effort stateside this week (as with last week), the Roku channel developers must have suffered heat stroke of some description because they appear to have collectively (or, as some cynics might say, 'conveniently') forgotten to edit the channel store options for at least half of the NEW CHANNELS which made it into the "Official" Roku (USA) Channel Store during that time. I say this because the number of LATEST ADDITIONS to the "Official" Roku (UK) Channel Store has fallen somewhat short of the mark by comparison. Hopefully, the 'other' new channels, which were inexplicably "missing in action" this week, will emerge here at a later date. Meanwhile, perhaps our friends from across the pond can make sure there's plenty of cold drinks on hand for those Roku developers, and crank the air conditioning up a notch or two, so that we are not "forgotten" when it comes to the next batch of channels to be released - no matter which channels they may be !!


Moving on, in addition to new channels, we've also had some more new readers coming to the pages of this blog. Once again, there were many repeat visits from various countries that I've mentioned in previous posts but this time, as with the week before last, there was just one country that had not featured previously. So, before we go any further with the current 'Weekly RoundUp', I'd first like to extend a warm welcome to those new readers from Chile, who each took the time to pay a maiden visit to these pages at some point during the past seven days, or so.

To those new readers, and to everyone else who continues to read my Roku-related ramblings here on this blog, I'd just like to say... "Thanks for stopping by" & long may you continue to do so.

Anyway, let's get on with the details for the current 'Weekly RoundUp' of NEW ADDITIONS to the "Official" Roku UK Channel Store. This time, there are SIX NEW CHANNELS which have been added during the past seven days. These latest additions to the Roku UK Channel Store provided FRESH CONTENT to the Film & TV, Music, Internet TV plus Religion & Spirituality genres (i.e. categories).

In keeping with previous installments from the 'Weekly RoundUp' series, details of these new channels have all been listed below, together with links to obtain further information {by clicking on the channel name(s) beneath the respective channel icon(s) as pictured} and to read a 'Roku Guide' review (where available) for each one:-

BAZILLIONS TV.......................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST TV...............................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]

AN LÁR TELEVISION...............................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]

N.B. Since this channel does not currently feature in the Roku (USA) Channel Store, the link above is for the Official Website of An Lár Television. It may further interest you to know that the  "An Lár Television" channel features a selection of programming from the Irish TV Network which focusses on Irish heritage, arts, culture & music. There are LIVE-STREAMS for many of the "An Lár Television" channels, including 'An Lár Community', 'An Lár Rock Music', 'An Lár Traditional Music', 'An Lár Kids', 'An Lár Paranormal' and 'An Lár Arts'. To view the TV SCHEDULE for the live stream of the main Irish Community Television channel, 'An Lár Community', you should follow THIS LINK.

If you happen to be among the IRISH DIASPORA currently living in the UK, the "An Lár Television" channel will provide a valuable link back home and is a great way to keep in touch with what's going on in every part of Ireland. Moreover, anyone wishing to learn about Irish Community Television could benefit from watching this channel, whose charter can be read in full HERE.

Needless to say, if you have any interest in the history, the places, the people and the warm welcome which typifies any visit to Ireland, then you will find an abundance of content on offer here which (when combined) will take you on a magical journey around the 'Emerald Isle'. Perhaps best of all, however, is that the "An Lár Television" channel is both FREE-TO-ADD and FREE-TO-VIEW on your Roku player, so you can access all this content without paying a penny !!

If you would like to connect with the "An Lár Television" channel, you can do so via the Facebook page for their channel developer: Neil Richins (Facebook) or, if you prefer, you can get social with the "An Lár Television" channel directly, via: An Lár Television (Facebook).

For those of you who prefer to use Twitter, or who have no access to Facebook, then you can contact the developer of the "An Lár Television" channel, Neil Richins, by following him: @neilrichins and, if it's the "An Lár Television" channel you wish to communicate with, you can follow them: @anlartv.

Lastly, and no doubt due (again) to the fact that the "An Lár Television" channel has not yet been added to the "Official" Roku USA Channel Store, there is no Roku Guide Review available. If & when this situation changes, I will add a link to this post.

CJC.........................................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]

PROPHETIC DESTINY TV.......................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]

VIEWSTER..............................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]

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So, whether it's Kid-Friendly Rock 'n' Roll, Irish Heritage, Arts, Culture & Music, Swiss-based video-on-demand (VOD) services (feat. up-to-date feature films, series & film star interviews), Religion or even movies, original series & concert specials from the first 24-hour Smart TV channel to broadcast in America, Canada & the UK simultaneously, we've pretty much got all of those bases covered with these NEW ADDITIONS to the "Official" Roku UK Channel Store.

Anyway, like it or not, that is your lot for this week and, whilst it doesn't quite the match-up to the twelve channels which made it into the "Official" Roku USA Channel Store during the same time-frame, I always think it's better to have SOME NEW CHOICES than none at all, don't you ?!!

Still, hopefully everyone in the UK with a Roku player managed to find something they like within the six channels outlined above. If not, then you'll have to pay us a visit another time when, with any luck, there will be something more to your liking. Afterall, there's no point installing every channel because, as I've said before, when it comes to adding new channels to your Roku player, IT'S YOUR CHOICE and, as with all things Roku... THE CHOICE IS ALWAYS YOURS !!

Either way, be sure to come back in seven days' time for my next 'Weekly RoundUp' and, if you can't wait that long, remember you can always keep up with the UK Roku action (as it happens) throughout the coming week, by following our Twitter Feed: @ukrokuchannels where up-to-the-minute info on all things Roku-related (here in the UK) is posted on a daily basis (well, almost).

Until the next time, then...

That's all folks !!