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Six new channels were launched in the Roku Channel Store over the last few days. The new channels bring daily prayers, RV-related news, lifestyle programming in 3D, and international television from Ghana, Arab, and Persian broadcasters to the Roku. Click on the links below for more details on each channel.

By Roku standards, the "50 Speeches" channel is ancient, having been launched back in September of 2010. I never paid much attention to it until today, but when I launched it I found that it offers a terrific collection of historical speeches, most of which I have never seen or heard in their entirety.

Food Network fans will find several good channels in the food category on Roku. One of your first stops should be Chow, which offers close to a dozen series, with individual videos ranging in length from less than a minute to 15 minutes or more. Most are around two to five minutes, though, so don't expect half- to full-hour episodes like you get on the Food Network.

Showtime has decided to take a different approach to Roku than did HBO with their HBO Go channel. HBO provides on-demand access to their large library of movies and series, but only to those Roku users who subscribe to HBO through a cable or satellite provider.

Two new channels were launched in the Roku Channel Store, bringing children's music and Romanian television to the Roku. Click on the links below for more details on each channel.

Good news for basketball fans - the NBA's Game Time Lite channel has launched on the Roku for the shortened 2011-2012 season, and it's free. Live games will require a subscription after January 8, but you still have free access to scores (updated in real time during games), team and player stats, team standings, and video recaps of the games.