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Chris-K
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CBS catch up app not available?

I can't seem to find the CBS catch up app does anyone know no why why it's not there?

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renojim
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Re: CBS catch up app not available?

I would guess that CBS didn't create one for Roku.

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Chris-K
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Re: CBS catch up app not available?

So Roku can't use existing TV apps?

Roku needs custom made apps designed and supplied by the provider??

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renojim
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Re: CBS catch up app not available?

Yep.  The Roku platform is unlike any other out there.  There's no taking an app from Android or iOS or anywhere else and running it on a Roku device - it has to be recreated pretty much from scratch.

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Chris-K
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Re: CBS catch up app not available?

Wow that seriously restricts the use/market of Roku devices, and why I assumed Roku was designed around existing apps, not the other way around. Maybe I should've gone for Amazon firestick after all

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