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To help you find Thanksgiving holiday entertainment, Roku has created a zone that lists movies and TV episodes from several Roku channels, along with links to channels that carry football coverage. Roku Zones are available to U.S. users with devices running the latest Roku OS, version 9.2.

In this week's collection of recent cord-cutting news items from around the web: Pluto TV adds three free CBS Interactive channels, Hulu Live TV tops Sling TV, Nickelodeon and Netflix enter into agreement for films and TV series, Roku app turns Apple Watch into a remote control, NASCAR and NBC Sports to launch ‘Trackpass on NBC Sports Gold,’ why Netflix is leaving some Roku and samsung Devices, and more!

We reviewed 12 new Roku channels this week, with content in the categories of Games, Kids & Family, Lifestyle, Movies & TV, News & Weather, and Sports. Click on the links below for more details on each channel, including our exclusive channel reviews.

Disney+ has launched its new video streaming service on Roku with an extensive library of films and television series from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and National Geographic. For $6.99 per month (or $69.99 per year) after a 7-day free trial, subscribers have unlimited streaming of a wealth of content that includes recent films, original series, popular TV shows, vintage animations, and popular titles from the Disney vault.

We reviewed 9 new Roku channels this week, with content in the categories of Educational, Games, Kids & Family, Movies & TV, Music, Special Interest, and Themes.

In this week's collection of recent cord-cutting news items from around the web: Pluto TV launches holiday channels, Apple's long-awaited TV service launches, Sony is shutting down PlayStation Vue, NBC Peacock may be free for all users, HBO Max to include classic movies curated by TCM, Netflix plan to test variable play speeds suffers filmmaker backlash, and more!