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I'm frequently asked about the availability of local newscasts on the Roku. Cord cutters are concerned that they'll lose access to local news without an OTA antenna and DVR, while others would like to keep up with news in other cities.

The Flixster Roku channel offers HD movie trailers, along with ratings from Rotten Tomatoes, on new and upcoming theater releases and current DVDs. Read the full Flixster channel review to find out how to access tons of "hidden" videos from Flixster channel that you may not know are available.

RokuGuide Review: ABC News offers one of the weakest newscast lineups on Roku Newscaster. Only three shows are offered, and all are audio only. But don't blame Roku or the Roku Newscaster channel, as ABC News does not offer any of their shows in a Roku-compatible format.

Six new channels were added to the Roku Channel Store this week: anime cartoons, streaming classical music, a simple letter game, a food and cooking channel, a Christian church, and Italian television. Click on the links below for more details on each channel.

Amazon announced on Thursday that its Amazon Instant Video service now offers more than 100,000 movie and TV titles, with over 9,000 of those videos available to Amazon Prime customers at no extra cost. Newly-added titles include The Tudors, the entire Star Trek franchise, Cheers, Frasier, Numb3rs, and Medium.

Three new channels were added to the Roku Channel Store: a screensaver, a channel for gaming enthusiasts, and Glenn Beck. Click on the links below for more details on each channel.