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Our channel 194 dropped to the "be back shortly" screen shortly after Warroom began and was gone for approximately 1 1/2 hours during Charlie Kirk show. All other channels were fine....Censorship? On Now And Sunrise was fine. We can remove all Roku from our home if need be. We have other ways and antennas. Convenient that there is not a very effective or easy way to contact Roku.
1776User "Channel 194" doesn't tell us anything. Is that one of the IP channels that are available on Roku TVs? Is it a channel within Pluto TV? Inside the Roku Live Channels? Regardless of which of these it is (or if it's something else) Roku isn't controlling them. I have IP channels on my Samsung and LG TVs, and they often will become unavailable for some unknown reason. But It's not the fault of Samsung or LG, just as these issues are not the fault of Roku. Even if they're within the Roku Live Channels, they are being provided by a 3rd party, usually Pluto or Filmwise. Those are the companies in control of the channel feeds.
- 1776User2 years agoReel Rookie
Channel 194 is on the Live TV feature and is Real Americas's Voice. Regular Programming returned during Charlie Kirk's program. I didn't leave the tv on that channel after programming stopped earlier but checked every so often to see if programming had returned. It did not return when the Charlie Kirk program began but was back about 45 minutes into the program. The purple screen message said program would return shortly although it was way longer than shortly before it did return. The program before Steve Bannon's was playing--I tuned to the channel a couple minutes before it was scheduled to be on. The tv is a Hisense brand--never had this happen before.
- atc980922 years agoCommunity Streaming Expert
I see it happen all the time on my LG and Samsung TVs. the provider has some sort of issue, and it's only with certain channels, not all of them. So yeah, it's a provider issue. Remember that they are providing these channels at no cost to you (they make their money on ads) so you sometimes have to accept occasional delivery hiccups.