Channels & viewing

[Daboysrback]

After discovering the absolutely best free movie channel yesterday I've spent the last 24 hours watching some of my favorite movies of all time.  After a brief nap I've now discovered that Roku is indicating that the channel is no longer available!  Of course I immediately rebooted Roku (same message) then tried to update Classico (no updates available)?

I failed to discover any information on Google as well on the Roku website so I attempted to remove Classico and hopefully reinstall it (but it's not even an option anymore)!

I'd gratefully appreciate any/all assistance or guidance. 

Sincerely, 

JR Regas 

[RokuTakashi]

Hi, @Daboysrback 

Welcome to the Roku Community.

Apps for your Roku® streaming player or Roku TV™ can be found in the Streaming Store. If an app is missing, it may no longer be available.

Roku aims to provide a great entertainment experience, but occasionally apps may be removed due to provider decisions, mergers, or violations of our terms. We take piracy and unlawful activities seriously.

For more details about this, you can visit this support article on Why is an app no longer available on my Roku streaming device?

I hope this answers your concern, and let us know if you need further assistance.

Thanks,
The Roku Community Team. 

[Marcatron1980]

I am having an out of body experience! I seriously have the same exact comment. Because I discovered it yesterday as well, watched movies all day and today it's gone. I did the exact same things you did in trying to get it to work... absolutely identical and in the same order! And turned up here to post an identical comment. I don't know what's stranger the app disappeared and no trace is found anywhere or having someone with the same experience 😄

[Jenn50]

Our app was just taken off  an hr ago. We just discovered this app yesterday an watched several great movies. I am sadden that this  happened. 

[AvsGunnar]

Classico and Movieland are the same channel/app. (They both appear to have been removed).

Movieland will often reappear, then disappear/be removed along with their backup channel. (Classico was the most recent name of their backup channel).

While I used to watch Movieland in the earlier days of Roku, it really is a suspect channel as to its legitimacy (rights/license to stream the content) and I really don't care for how its developer keeps playing this game on the Roku platform and keeps disappointing its user base with the repeated removals.

Roku does not definitively comment why a channel was removed and the developer of this channel (although he has a presence on Roku) does not address the removals either.

It may again appear in the future, so enjoy it for as long as it lasts, which is getting shorter each time, and prepare for yet another removal.

[JeffSm]

Yep. Roku Quickly Dumps anything that might interfere with someone paying for a subscribed service. 

[jdeibner]

That doesnt make sense...why allow it on in the first place?  I search for a movie I know was/is on that app and that's how I discover the new version...its weird...there's been 3 or 4 different versions.  

[renojim]

There's nothing weird about it.  If the developer/provider doesn't have the rights to stream the content, it will be removed.

[atc98092]

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@JeffSm wrote:

Yep. Roku Quickly Dumps anything that might interfere with someone paying for a subscribed service. 

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That has nothing to do with it. Any provider that streams video content they don't own must have permission from the content owners. Since most content owners only license their content to the larger sites (often with an agreement to not allow other sites to stream it), and that literally always requires payment, it's highly unlikely any site that offers streaming content for free without ads is offering the content legitimately. Roku lost their ability to stream in a certain country because they didn't block such illegal content, so they have to be aggressive to remove such content.

[jdeibner]

Roku either is not paying attention or is allowing the return of the app under different names..