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KJ73
Newbie
2 years ago

Cannot access channels internationally or in Carribbean

I bought a roku stick for one of my tvs. I was thoroughly disappointed with the channel list accessed internationally. All the free stations like freevee and pluto even the roku channel which is attached to my roku stick I can't even access. AND I HAVE A ROKU STICK AND CANT EVEN ACCESS THE ROKU CHANNEL !!!!!!.  can only be viewed in the US which I've been visiting for a few months now. This was a waste of my money. The channels accessed on the Caribbean are so useless. 

I am so turned off of Roku. 

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  • Strega2's avatar
    Strega2
    Roku Guru
    2 years ago

    Roku as an investment doesn’t look that awful.  Ie: $26/share in 2017, $106/share today.  Of course, someone who bought during its pandemic bump, might be a little disappointed.  (But this applies to so many story/event stocks.)  By the way, I only invest in broad index funds, myself, and the above is not investment advice!  😀

    [Edit: OK, it looks like someone - OP? Roku? edited out the investment part of the thread title.]

    On the other hand, if you just mean the little gizmo, well, when has international TV easy?  Countries used to design their TV standards to be intentionally incompatible with neighboring countries to keep the TV within their borders.  Then disc formats had regions, and now, so does streaming.

    As for the Roku channel (and other advertising-based channels), there would be no reason for them to stream it to locations where they haven’t lined up appropriate advertising deals.  Like everything else in video, it’s all about the money, and if you’re not paying for it, they have to find someone who will.  Roku still has around 170 countries left in which they haven’t gotten those deals in place.