Articles

We've added four new Private Roku Channels to the RokuGuide.com listings this week. If you haven't seen these private channels yet, you'll find a cloud-based DVR service, classic movies, social media, and outdoor programming.

If you have a DVR and cable or satellite TV service, you probably have hours of programming that you can watch only when you're at home where your DVR is located. If you've ever wanted to access those DVR recordings from another location, NimbleTV can help you out. NimbleTV is a cloud-based DVR for cable TV subscribers. What Aereo tried to do for over-the-air broadcasts (until this week's Supreme Court decision), NimbleTV is doing for cable.

Twenty new channels were launched in the Roku Channel Store this week, bringing content in the categories of Fitness & Outdoors, Kids & Family, Movies & TV, Music, Photos & Video, Religion & Spirituality, and Sports to the Roku. Click on the links below for more details on each channel.

For most people, June 20, 2014, means Friday, week's over, happy hours... But to an estimated 23 million people world-wide it is International Surfing Day. This year marks the 10th annual ISD celebration, with 140 events planned in 30 different countries to celebrate "10 years of Stoke". International Surfing Day is the work of the Surfrider Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world's oceans, waves and beaches through a powerful activist network. So, with that in mind we are going to do a salute to the day and highlight some of the premier surfing and surfing-related channels that Roku has to offer. ENJOY INTERNATIONAL SURFING DAY... MAHALO!

When discussing the effects of cordcutting, I've never heard anyone say they were keeping their cable or satellite TV service so they could continue watching QVC. But home shopping channels are enormously popular - and profitable. QVC reported $8 billion in yearly revenue in 2012, with Home Shopping Network claiming $3 billion. Shopping channel fans will find the biggest and most popular channels on Roku. And to help you find those channels, Roku has created a new Shopping category in the Channel Store to pull those channels together. Here's a rundown on what you'll find.

Roku has launched a new Comedy category in the Roku Channel Store, pulling in channels that were previously listed under other categories such as Internet TV. There are currently 10 channels in the Comedy category, but here are our top picks: