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mrbally
Reel Rookie

Re: FOX NEWS dropping off on HULU and reverts to ROKU home screen on the hour.

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Downloaded the software update - so far so good.

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gwigington
Channel Surfer

Re: FOX NEWS dropping off on HULU and reverts to ROKU home screen on the hour.

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I had some time left on my old HULU subscription so I watched Fox on it last night. Agreed so far it runs without going back to Roku's home screen, but I noticed it blanks out for about 10 seconds at exactly 3 minutes after every hour. Obviously better than it was, but I'm not sure it's good enough for me to cancel my Sling. I'm also trying YouTubeTV and almost like that better than Sling. The Sling guide is somewhat of a pain. Either way I'm certain my days with HULU are coming to an end. 

Swifty53
Newbie

Re: FOX NEWS dropping off on HULU and reverts to ROKU home screen on the hour.

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The temporary fix I've used is to turn on Fox News then hit start over.  If you replay, it works until the end of the hour.  Have to start all over again.  This sounds like a dispute between Fox News and HULU/ROKU.  I've spoken with HULU and they said the techs are working on the issue.  Since it only happens with Fox News, logic would tell you it is all about $$$.

 

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andyross
Roku Guru

Re: ROKU reverts to Home Screen near top of the hour. How do I fix this?

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There are threads about this in the channels section of this forum. It's a BUG in the HULU app. Nothing to do with Roku. Hulu is written by Hulu, not Roku.

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Mikelun
Newbie

Re: Hulu Live going back to home screen.

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Did roku sw auto update?

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IronFist
Reel Rookie

Re: Hulu Live going back to home screen.

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Not for me. I was watching Fox News and just like clockwork. At 3 minutes past the hour, it crashed and went back to the Roku Home Screen. So disappointing. 

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BillyD1
Reel Rookie

Re: ROKU reverts to Home Screen near top of the hour. How do I fix this?

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After weeks of this happening, magically it has stopped today.  There is a pause at 3 minutes after the hour but Fox News is not going back to home screen.  I also complained to HULU.  They blamed ROKU.

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andyross
Roku Guru

Re: ROKU reverts to Home Screen near top of the hour. How do I fix this?

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It looks like Hulu updated the app yesterday, to version 6.71.1.

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ksgemini
Streaming Star

Re: Hulu Live going back to home screen.

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Is you tube tv an option for u? I just tested Fox News here for an hour -worked fine with Roku Premiere device

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andyross
Roku Guru

Re: Hulu Live going back to home screen.

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It's not a Roku update, but an update to the Hulu app. It normally will occur overnight. You can also hit the star "*" key when Hulu is highlighted on the main screen, and choose "Check for Updates".

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