Hi, everyone !!
With such a vast number of new channels last week, you'd expect the numbers to be lower in the past seven days but, against the odds, we've had ANOTHER DECENT CROP OF NEW CHANNELS to further boost the UK Channel Store total. To wit, no less than SIXTY-SIX NEW ROKU APPS have been added to the already vast selection of over six thousand seven hundred apps which populated the channel store as of this time last week. This means we've now been blessed with over one thousand eight hundred new apps, during a period of just twenty weeks, any of which UK Roku owners can add to the individual selection of apps that are installed on their device(s). As if that wasn't enough... there were also several items of streaming-related news for me to report on but, as has been the case for the last two months I will (again) need to postpone my summary of Roku (and other) news from the past week until I can find time to catch up with everything and add the "missing" details to all of those posts - since, right now, I must (instead) focus on listing all of these new Roku apps for you! :-)
Before I get into the current list of channels, however, I would just like to point-out that the ongoing issue of "missing" reviews from the 'Roku Guide' website appears to have now worsened since my previous article for this blog. Over the course of the last twenty weeks, my 'Weekly RoundUp' posts have seen a total of 1,837 new channels added. Meanwhile, the number of 'Roku Guide' reviews being published has continued to fall short of the mark during that time. Looking at all of the articles they have published since the start of the year, there has been a total of only 558 new reviews added to their website. With a minimum of around another fifty-three "missing" reviews from the last week they are even closer to being seventy percent short of where they should be and, if this continues, there could be hundreds (if not thousands) more Roku channels with no corresponding independent review for me to provide a link from each of the relevant 'Weekly RoundUp' posts on my blog. I'm hoping this shortfall is addressed soon because, as mentioned sixteen weeks ago, the current situation isn't good for anyone connected to Roku: be they end-users, developers, bloggers like myself, or even Roku - whose platform provides the very source from which 'Roku Guide' generate their reviews! :-O
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 six years, there's a *lot* to catch-up on. So, without further ado, here's my 'Weekly RoundUp' of all the new Roku channels released between 12th May 2019 and 18th May 2019:-
100 MILE MEALS CHANNEL............................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "FOOD" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
TULALIP TV.............................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "NEWS & WEATHER" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
X MASSAGE FACTORY..........................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***N.B. THIS WAS UNCATEGORISED in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
PLEASE NOTE:- That, while this 'X Massage Factory' channel for Roku devices can be found within the 'Just Added' 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 somehow succeed in bringing this matter to the attention of the developer / content provider, I'd expect to see this app given a permanent "home" under 'Special Interest' 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 'Just Added' category of the channel store to find it, I suggest you take advantage of 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 "X Massage" 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 two weeks (however) would mean that, once it ceases to be part of the 'Just Added' category, it would no longer be listed in the channel store. So, if you think you're likely to want this channel, my advice would be to install it by the end of 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 see it there afterwards. Needless to say, if/when the channel is edited to include a permanent channel store category for the UK, I'll update this listing with details of whatever genre has been assigned to it. As mentioned above I'd expect this to be 'Special Interest', but it could wind-up in another category.
MEG'S LIFE............................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "LIFESTYLE" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
MUSCOVISION....................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "GAMES" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
HAWAIIAN BEACHES......................COST: £0.69 (ONE-OFF PAYMENT) [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "SCREENSAVERS" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
EXOTIC BEACHES...........................COST: £0.69 (ONE-OFF PAYMENT) [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "SCREENSAVERS" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
CRUISEFAUX....................................COST: £1.99 (ONE-OFF PAYMENT) [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "SCREENSAVERS" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
MY CHEESY LIFE.............................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "FOOD" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
AAPV....................................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "KIDS & FAMILY" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
CUTE KITTEN....................................................COST: £0.69 (MONTHLY) [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "SCREENSAVERS" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
CUTE COUPLE...................................................COST: £0.69 (MONTHLY) [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "SCREENSAVERS" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
NICKO'S KITCHEN TV.....................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "FOOD" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
FIT NOW.................................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "FITNESS" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
WORLD STREET FOOD...................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "FOOD" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
REAL SURVIVAL.................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "FILM & TV" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
ARTIST DIRECTORY.........................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "MUSIC" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
HAWAII RESORTS.................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "TRAVEL" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
AIRCRAFT KIT PLANES SONEX...........................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "EDUCATIONAL" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
PLR (PRIVATE LABEL RIGHTS).............................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "EDUCATIONAL" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
AMERICA WORKS................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "EDUCATIONAL" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
DR FITNESS USA..................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "FITNESS" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
LIGHT SABER NETWORK.......................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "SPECIAL INTEREST" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
WGAN-TV (We Get Around Network)......................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "SCI & TECH" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
MAKE MONEY PLAYING GAMES.......................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "GAMES" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
FEDFLIX..................................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "EDUCATIONAL" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
LOCAL TALENT TV (LTTV)...............................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "MUSIC" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
HORROR!..............................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "FILM & TV" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
CASINOS SAN DIEGO..........................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "TRAVEL" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
HOCKEY FANS.....................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "SPORTS" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
PET LOVERS..........................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "LIFESTYLE" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
VANGUARD STRING QUARTET.........................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "MUSIC" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
MAXTV ONLINE..................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "FILM & TV" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
QUICK EATS......................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "FOOD" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
SWEET EATS......................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "FOOD" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
ANIMATED BALLOONS..................COST: £0.69 (ONE-OFF PAYMENT) [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "SCREENSAVERS" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
TOY TIME................................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "KIDS & FAMILY" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
HEALTHY LIFESTYLE.........................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "LIFESTYLE" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
BITBOY CRYPTO.....................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "SPECIAL INTEREST" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
DAILY FITNESS.....................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "FITNESS" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
iMEDIATV............................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "MUSIC" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
MY SWEET AMBITIONS.................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "FOOD" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
CHILLER THRILLER TV...............................COST: £1.49 (MONTHLY) [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "FILM & TV" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
ANIMATED RACECARS..................COST: £0.69 (ONE-OFF PAYMENT) [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "SCREENSAVERS" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
TEXAS COUNTRY NETWORK...........................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "MUSIC" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
PERRYSBURG STV..............................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "FILM & TV" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
TECH GURU...........................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "SCI & TECH" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
WONDERS OF SCIENCE.......................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "SCI & TECH" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
TAKT1 (CLASSICAL MUSIC)...COST: FREE (14-day trial) + $15.00 (MONTHLY) [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "MUSIC" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
***PLEASE NOTE:- That, despite no mention that this channel "May require additional fees" in order to view some (if not all) of the classical music concert videos therein, the official description from the Roku Channel Store does include wording to suggest that it may not be free-to-stream in it's entirety: i.e. "Start your free trial subscription now!" so, before you add this 'Takt1' app to your Roku device(s), I would advise that you first take a look at the various 'Takt1' subscription plans available (plus the benefits associated with each) so as to be fully aware of what to expect from the service. It is worth noting that there's also an ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION OPTION for USD $150.00 PER YEAR which is EQUIVALENT TO GETTING 2-MONTHS FREE... but, better still, at the time of writing the yearly fee has been further reduced to USD $120.00 PER YEAR with a LIMITED-TIME OFFER available through the website which doubles that benefit to 4-MONTHS FREE for those who register and elect to pay for a whole year. There's further good news for students... who, simply by sending a proof of student status from their school or university via email to service[at]takt1[dot]com, are then eligible to receive an individual coupon code for a 50% discount off the cost of whichever plan they choose. Payment methods include both Visa and Mastercard plus PayPal and you are able to register using your credentials for either Facebook, Google, or Amazon to avoid having to start a new account just for the 'Trakt1' website. Regardless of which plan you choose, even if that's just the 14-day trial, your subscription can be cancelled at any time... and because 'Takt1' are passionate about music, but not advertising, the entire service is ad-free for all users. The only (minor) caveats I could spot were that, during the free trial period, there are restrictions as to which of the 'Takt1' exclusive live stream recordings (i.e. on-demand content) you can access *PLUS* the fact any live-streamed events require a single purchase (i.e. one-off payment) to watch... whereas, with the 'Monthly' or 'Yearly' plans, you have instant access to everything with no restrictions and/or additional payments necessary! :-D
Should you require additional information the 'Roku Guide' review (see link above) features several useful resources for would-be 'Takt1' subscribers and, if that's not enough, the official 'Takt1' website has further advice on "How it works" as well as an online 'FAQ' section which covers most of the more frequently asked questions you might have. Failing that, there is a contact form as well as their 'Live Chat' service through which you can get real-time help (during office hours) or leave a message (out-of-hours) for further assistance should you need it! ;-) :-)
In the meantime... hopefully Roku can see to it that the official description for this 'Takt1' channel, which (currently) makes no mention of additional fees and/or subscriptions, is updated to reflect the fact that (aside from a brief free trial period) A SUBSCRIPTION WILL BE REQUIRED in order to maintain access to this classical music streaming service once the initial promotional offer has ended. As it stands, this appears to be both free-to-add and free-to-stream which (strictly speaking) it is not! :-/ :-(
TV VISION.............................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "LIFESTYLE" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
SYMPTOM CHECKER...........................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "EDUCATIONAL" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
EPIC ON..........................COST: FREE (n.b. may require additional fees) [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "FILM & TV" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
PICKURFLICK......................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "FILM & TV" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
JIMMYSTAR SHOW WITH RON RUSSEL..............................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "COMEDY" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
PLEASE NOTE:- That, despite featuring a double "l" ending for the name "Ron Russell" in the channel icon (aka 'HD Poster' image) for this Roku app, the developer (495 Communications) has (presumably?) used an incorrect spelling - with only one letter "l" included - when entering the title for this 'JimmyStar Show With Ron Russel' channel. This may have been on account of the character limit imposed by Roku for developers to name their channels… but, even so, it might have been better to lose the space - i.e. write "RonRussell" in a similar fashion to how "JimmyStar" has been entered - rather than lose a letter from the co-host's name. Either way, I just wanted to point-out this peculiarity so as to make clear that it was not a misspelling of the name "Ron Russell" on my part! ;-)
GOSPEL MUSIC ARTS........................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "MUSIC" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
WOODWORK CHANNEL.....................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "LIFESTYLE" in Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
AIRCRAFT KIT PLANES VANS...............................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "EDUCATIONAL" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
MAKE MONEY eSPORTS.....................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "GAMES" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
MAKE MONEY FROM ANDROID GAMES..........................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "GAMES" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
BATTERYPOP PRESCHOOL....................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "KIDS & FAMILY" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
LAZE.LIFE - SPRING........................COST: £0.69 (ONE-OFF PAYMENT) [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "SCREENSAVERS" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
ZACK WHYEL (SKATEBOARDING)....................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "SPORTS" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***
BEAUTIFUL BRUNETTES...............COST: £1.49 (ONE-OFF PAYMENT) [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "SCREENSAVERS" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
CHEETAH SCREENSAVER..............COST: £1.49 (ONE-OFF PAYMENT) [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "SCREENSAVERS" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
DOLLHOUSE MOVIES.....................................COST: £1.49 (MONTHLY) [Roku Guide Review]
***N.B. THIS WAS UNCATEGORISED in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN RELEASED***
PLEASE NOTE:- That, while this 'Dollhouse Movies' channel for Roku devices can be found within the 'Just Added' 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 somehow succeed in bringing this matter to the attention of the developer / content provider, I'd 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 'Just Added' category of the channel store to find it, I suggest you take advantage of 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 "Dollhouse" 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 two weeks (however) would mean that, once it ceases to be part of the 'Just Added' category, it would no longer be listed in the channel store. So, if you think you're likely to want this channel, my advice would be to install it by the end of 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 see it there afterwards. Needless to say, if/when the channel is edited to include a permanent channel store category for the UK, I'll update this listing with details of whatever genre has been assigned to it. As mentioned above I'd expect this to be the 'Film & TV' genre, but it could wind-up in another category.
I MARRIED JOAN...................................................................COST: FREE [Roku Guide Review]
***FILED UNDER: "COMEDY" in the Roku UK Channel Store WHEN FIRST RELEASED***