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Six additional private channels were listed on RokuGuide this week. Click on the links below for more details on each channel.

Celebrate the start of 2014 with the New Year's Eve #BallDrop in Times Square. You watch the balldrop live, along with six hours of festivities leading up to the big event, on the Roku Livestream channel. The free broadcast will feature musical guests Miley Cyrus, Melissa Etheridge, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Blondie, Rodney Atkins, Icona Pop, Jencarlos Canela and El Dasa and will be hosted by Allison Hagendorf.

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

The ability to watch movies and television shows on demand is probably the primary reason most people purchase a Roku player. In fact, Roku was originally designed as a Netflix player.

If you just unboxed a brand new Roku, this article will help you get started with setting up and using your digital video player. If you're new to smart TVs and "over the top" (OTT) boxes, you need to be aware of a couple of key differences between a Roku and the cable or satellite service that you're used to.

Roku has updated their USB Media Player and renamed it Roku Media Player to reflect the fact that the app is no longer limited to accessing content on USB thumb drives. The Roku Media Player now lets you stream music, videos, and photos from a computer (on the same network) that's running a compatible media server such as Windows Media Player, Twonky, or Plex.