UK Roku Official Channels - Web Video Genre

Hi, everyone !!

As promised in the previous post, here is the twenty-third and final instalment in my series of general overviews (i.e. listings) for the various genres within the "Official" UK Roku Channel Store following changes to the available selection of channel store categories made during late May / early June 2015. This time it's the ninety-eight channels in the "Web Video" genre which come under the spotlight:-

001. YouTube

002. Livestream

003. Vimeo

004. AOL Video [formerly AOL On]

005. IGN

006. CHIVE TV

007. Giant Bomb

008. MLG.TV

009. Fawesome.TV

010. GameSpot TV

011. VHX

012. The Gaming Channel

013. MetaTube - English

014. Ora TV

015. FYDO

016. WatchMojo

017. GameSmart

018. The Video Game Channel

019. LCS TV - League of Legends Championship Series

020. Zoomin.TV Games

021. Zoomin.TV

022. Blubrry Podcast Community

023. Alpha Geek Media Player

024. GeekGamer.TV

025. PogieJoeTV

026. Endemol Beyond

027. Radar Gaming

028. Obskura TV

029. Podcasts

030. Excellent Adventures TV

031. New Media Stew

032. Cleeng Live PPV

033. TV97

034. Anand Media

035. Hot Gossip [by Blinkx]

036. The Jack and Holly Channel

037. Centertainment TV

038. AfterHours HD

039. NinjaCharlieT

040. CNRTV Sydney

041. Papo Firme com Aguinaldo Silva

042. What's Trending

043. RGSACE

044. Frontline Broadcasting Network - FBN

045. Yahoo

046. PlayCast

047. Canalamerica [formerly CanalAmerica.TV]

048. KatapyTube

049. Sqweekey TV

050. ChiroPraise TV

051. Radio Tele Boston

052. Go indie TV

053. Eternal Life Television

054. Vizbee

055. Biztales

056. GreekTV [formerly GreekTV by upg.gr]

057. Miracle Touch Network - MTN

058. Sparkk TV - Weekly T-10

059. Terrafox TV

060. Havoc TV

061. GameCrunch

062. Great Big Story

063. Extra Credits - Video Games [formerly Extra Credits - Gaming]
064. Buzz - Video Games [formerly Buzz - Gaming]
065. Bumblebee Free TV [formerly Bumblebee.TV]
066. Minehub
067. Film Dice
068. Tofuu
069. MGMtv
070. Courtney Lundquist - Vlog
071. SimplyNessa15 - Vlog
072. OxygenTwo
073. Mid-South Broadcasting Company
074. PlayOn Cloud
075. BiggyTV
076. Mid-South Broadcasting 2
077. Aljazeera Arabic Programs
078. Nissan Communications
079. SeeDeng
080. NitrolukeDX
081. ConverseTV
082. Retro Reload
083. Vokal Now
084. Fail Zone
085. Twitched
086. Twitched Zero
087. Contacto TeVe
088. Corl
089. Sketch
090. The Pals
091. Twitch Babes & Fails - Gaming
092. JoshuaDTV - Be Nice 2 People
093. Let's Play Fortnite - Gaming
094. Monster Skills Car Gaming
095. Vids Gone Viral
096. Live Somali TV
097. Real Stories Plus
098. Mad Broadcasting Network

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PLEASE NOTE:- This information was last updated on Sunday 20th May 2018 with all channel details accurate as of Saturday 19th May 2018. In future, when viewing this list... you should ignore the original date of the post and, instead, refer to this section for precise details on when the "Web Video" category listing was compiled.

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As with the previous twenty-two genres, outlined earlier, further details as to the specifics for each of these channels will follow at a later date. You can also expect this listing to be kept up-to-date (usually accurate to within one week) as new channels are added. This will also be the case for each of the other genres covered previously in this series of posts.

So, be sure to visit this blog again soon for even more information on the Roku streaming media player, here in the UK. It's the only place you'll find a complete list of ALL channels (or, "apps", if you prefer) that are available in the "Official" Roku UK Channel Store! :-)

Official Roku UK Channel Store - Overview

When it comes to what's on television, be it via a Roku player or otherwise, it should really boil down to the QUALITY and NOT QUANTITY of what's on offer, don't you agree?


That said, if what you get has both quality and quantity, then you really will be spoilt for choice !!


If you visited the Roku (UK) official site as of April 2017 you would have been greeted with an introduction that boasted of "over 2,000 channels and counting", which does (I'll admit) tend to emphasise quantity over quality, although the reality is such that there are now more than double that number of Roku channels (apps) available to UK Roku users from within the built-in channel store on *all* Roku UK devices. In terms of the quality for the available channels, there were references to BBC iPlayer, Netflix, NOW TV, Sky Sports, ITV Player, Demand 5, YouTube, BBC Sport and many more. Even so, whilst the likes of Netflix, BBC, NOW TV, etc. do offer a substantial amount of quality programming, you're still left wondering exactly what is meant by "and many more"...


So, with that in mind, I decided to continue with my blog by posting details of what you can expect from, firstly, the "Official" Roku (UK) Channel Store and then, later, from the wider market offered by the multitude of Roku "Private" Channels out there. I'll be getting down to the nitty gritty of the individual channels within specific genres another time but, for now, here's a list of the number of channels available in each 'genre' of the "Official" Roku (UK) Channel Store:-


Film & TV........................... 700 Channels
Games.............................. 187 Channels
Apps.................................. 51 Channels
Comedy.............................. 121 Channels
Educational......................... 124 Channels
Fitness.............................. 75 Channels

Food.................................. 158 Channels

International........................ 183 Channels

Kids & Family..................... 396 Channels

Lifestyle.............................. 265 Channels

News & Weather................ 160 Channels
Music................................ 299 Channels
Personal Media.................. 48 Channels
Photo Apps......................... 14 Channels
Religious.............................. 863 Channels
Sci & Tech......................... 60 Channels

Screensavers........................ 253 Channels

Shopping.............................. 18 Channels
Special Interest................... 359 Channels
Sports................................. 248 Channels
Themes.............................. 19 Channels
Travel................................. 217 Channels
Web Video......................... 98 Channels


TOTAL: 4,916 Channels


It should be noted that this total does not include the following:


Featured.............................. 21 Channels
New..................................... 154 Channels
Most Popular....................... 75 Channels


These have been omitted from the overall total because they are comprised entirely of channels which are featured in the main list of genres and, therefore, already part of the 4,916 channels therein. There is also a heading within the main menu on Roku player for "Home" (that was previously referred to as the "My Channels" sub-menu) which, as it's (original) name suggests, is comprised of whatever individual items (both 'official', i.e. 'public', and 'private' channels) have been added to the particular Roku account with which the Roku player is associated. Since that figure will vary from one Roku user to the next, I did not bother to include the number of "My Channels", or "Home" channels, here.

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PLEASE NOTE:- These figures were last updated on Sunday 20th May 2018 with all details accurate as of Saturday 19th May 2018. Therefore, when viewing this list... you should ignore the original date of the post and, instead, refer to this section for precise details on when it was compiled.

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So, that's the current state of play in terms of the sheer QUANTITY of channels you can expect from the UK version of the "Official" Roku (UK) Channel Store. Meanwhile, in case you are wondering, my next batch of posts are set to include basic listings for the various channel names within each of the aforementioned genres. For the sake of simplicity, I will stick to the order outlined above. So, if you want to know exactly what are the 700 channels which make up the "Film & TV" genre, you should make a point of visiting this blog again in the near future.


But, for now... that's all folks !!