Channels & viewing

[JeffSm]

Was watching the BBC Blake 7 Series last night on the Roku Fawesome Live TV app . Now there is no trace of it not even 24 hours later. 

[AvsGunnar · Accepted solution]

@JeffSm 

I see some sources that indicate Blake's 7 (BBC) is available on Fawesome, Freevee, and Pluto on their respective "Sci-Fi" LiveTV channels.   

However, I did not see it playing on any of them so it may be one of those series that only plays on certain day(s) of the week or at a certain time(s).

When a series is one of the above (ie. shares a LiveTV channel with other series), then the title is only revealed in the Search when it is actually playing/"on now".

Other sources indicate currently only available via subscription (britbox, appletv, prime video), so free streaming licenses may have expired since we are at end of the month,

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Maybe just keep checking the channel occasionally and scroll through the guide for the day to see if it looks like any upcoming showings. 

[denhow · Accepted solution]

@JeffSm You say now there's no trace not even 24 hours later. Well, yesterday was January and today is February. The end of the month is typically when licensing agreements expire.

But Blake's 7 is still available. It's part of the rotation on the BBC Sci-Fi channel on Plex and Sling Freestream (and maybe elsewhere?). The schedule shows that the next run begins on Feb. 4.

Hint: Sling Freestream gives you 10 hours of DVR for free. I used the DVR function to watch all of Blake's 7 more-or-less in the correct order.

[JeffSm]

Thank You for the information. I discovered last night I was watching it on Freevee not Fawesome. So hard to keep track of where you find the shows you like to watch with the Roku box. 

[AvsGunnar]

@JeffSm 

If you install Sling Freestream and Plex as mentioned by @denhow 👍 to your Roku devices they actually have a nice guide that shows you "future showings/live airings" unlike some of the other channels/apps.  (can use this guide to infer when it will be playing on another channel/app as well if you prefer one over the other.).

Sling Freestream has an online guide with these future showings, but I believe Plex's is only available from the device.

https://watch.sling.com/dashboard/search/1/franchise/eea5e7f9b91dd53d9135650163caa4f6/browse