Channels & viewing

[Riceuten]

NOT a complaint, a query

Does anyone have a list or suggestions for Roku channels that contain channels themselves - I am thinking similar to Pluto TV, Distro TV, Plex, Watch Free TV Plus etc ? Doesn't matter which language, I know there are channels that are in French, Spanish or other languages. 

Preferably free, if possible!

[Ello2022]

Your forgetting the Roku channel itself. 

[Riceuten]

I'm not ! I just didn't include it. 

[Ello2022]

@Riceuten  I don’t really tend to use free TV channels. They’re free for a reason. Most of the time it’s because they’re showing movies or TV shows that are old and outdated. They also tend to have B rated movies. You certainly won’t find any blockbuster movies streaming for free unless it’s over 10 years old. Most of those channels also overlap have overlapping content. Tubi, Pluto, Cracke and Filmrise all tend to carry the same stuff. If anything I watch PlutoTV the most cause it has the 70’s and 80’s stuff. 99% of the time I’m using my paid subscription channels

[AvsGunnar]

@Riceuten 

If you mean "LiveTV" channels (as well as on-demand content), from within a free Channel/app, you can look at Redbox, Plex,  Xumo,  and TCL Channel in addition to those mentioned above.

If you want some other free content from free Channels/apps you can try Yuyu(Cinehouse), Filmrise, and  Fawesome.

There are tons of free Channels/apps available.  Really a matter of tailoring to one's tastes.

[Riceuten]

Thanks

I should have made it clearer that I am in the UK, so

Redbox - Not available in the UK

Plex - mentioned in my original

Xumo - Not available in the UK

TCL Channel - available - yay, but just a collection of films and programmes, not of channels (well, in the UK anyway)

Similarly with Yuyu(Cinehouse), Filmrise, and  Fawesome, of which I have many of the channels concerned. 

I was more interested in applications that had TV programmes streaming in them themselves, like Pluto, Plex and Distro TV. 

EDIT: TCL Channel actually had a small bouquet of live Channels as well

[Riceuten]

That isn't what I asked. I asked about applications that themselves had channels in them like Pluto TV, Plex and Distro TV. I have film channels coming out of my ears. 

[AvsGunnar]

@Riceuten 

Ahhh.. That would be "live tv" channels then.

Apparently the UK versions of these Channels/apps I provided behave differently in the UK than US.

Perhaps our resident member from across the pond @MilesT will be able to weigh in on this one for you.

[MilesT]

Pluto is the only one I can think of that is focused on streaming linear style as "live".

Of course the apps that are linked to terrestrial/sat channels do have live streaming capability as well as catchup (I.e. BBC iPlayer, ITV hub, All4, My5, UKTVplay, stv, now which has some Sky)

There is the little issue that streaming any terrestrial/sat channel live (I.e. stream matches OTA) needs a TV License. I don't think Pluto needs license, though as it doesn't carry any streams also available as  live OTA (and is more prerecorded streamed linear rather that start when you like).

[Riceuten]

I have a TV licence and no problem whatsoever in paying for one. I meant not paying further over and above this. 

And I have all of the above apps.