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StevieRay's avatar
StevieRay
Reel Rookie
5 years ago
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How do I remove Roku tv channels from my OTA guide

This question has been posted before but I have not seen a satisfactory answer. Why this is not optional, idk. Why does Roku think I want this list of terrible channels that have horrible picture qua...
  • RokuDanny-R's avatar
    RokuDanny-R
    5 years ago

    Hi everyone,

    Thanks for the posts.

    If you wish to only show over-the-air TV listings in the guide, you hide all the streaming TV channels from the Live TV Channel Guide using the steps below:

    1. Press the Home button on your Roku TV remote.
    2. Scroll up or down and select Settings.
    3. Select TV inputs, followed by Live TV.
    4. Select Hide streaming TV channels.
    5. Check the box next to Hide all.

    For more information about TV listings using Live TV Channel Guide, visit our Support page here: https://support.roku.com/article/115012658287


    Thanks,
    Danny

  • RokuDanny-R's avatar
    RokuDanny-R
    5 years ago

    Hi everyone,

    Thanks for the posts.

    If you wish to only show over-the-air TV listings in the guide, you hide all the streaming TV channels from the Live TV Channel Guide using the steps below:

    1. Press the Home button on your Roku TV remote.
    2. Scroll up or down and select Settings.
    3. Select TV inputs, followed by Live TV.
    4. Select Hide streaming TV channels.
    5. Check the box next to Hide all.

    For more information about TV listings using Live TV Channel Guide, visit our Support page here: https://support.roku.com/article/115012658287


    Thanks,
    Danny

achterhof's avatar
achterhof
Newbie
5 years ago

All of a sudden, there re  bunch of streaming TV channels appearing under my over the air channels in my Live TV channel. I do not want them there. I only watch OTA channels, and now scrolling takes forever. 

How can I remove these? I thought tv tuners were only supposed to show OTA channels - do I need to complain to the FCC? 

RokuDanny-R's avatar
RokuDanny-R
Retired Moderator
5 years ago

Hi everyone,

Thanks for the posts.

If you wish to only show over-the-air TV listings in the guide, you hide all the streaming TV channels from the Live TV Channel Guide using the steps below:

  1. Press the Home button on your Roku TV remote.
  2. Scroll up or down and select Settings.
  3. Select TV inputs, followed by Live TV.
  4. Select Hide streaming TV channels.
  5. Check the box next to Hide all.

For more information about TV listings using Live TV Channel Guide, visit our Support page here: https://support.roku.com/article/115012658287


Thanks,
Danny

  • dobber's avatar
    dobber
    Reel Rookie
    5 years ago

    I don't find an option for hiding some but not all streaming channels.  I'd like to have Reuters for news, and a few others, but not so many.  Can it be done?

    • Visitor45763's avatar
      Visitor45763
      Roku Guru
      5 years ago
      dobber wrote: hiding some but not all streaming channels.  ... Can it be done?

      No, you can't hide some. It's been suggested that these are Pluto channels. I don't think you can hide any of those either. So, basically you can remove these from your Antenna TV experience, and still have them in the Pluto app. You're neither losing nor gaining anything. 

      I agree with you that it could be nice to have a dozen or so of those channels easily available from the Antenna TV list. Someone suggested Pluto's terms of carriage may not allow hiding any channels.

      If that's the case, it seems bizarre Roku would think people would like 1000+ channels. Especially at the same time Favorites is removed. (That was a mildly plausible way to reduce the burden of navigating all those channels.). At the same time when holding the remote button for continuous channel changing was removed. (Now we have to press the button once for each channel change. 1000+ times.). And, after YEARS of ignoring vast customer requests for a numeric key remote.

      You'd think the average person would tell Pluto, "sorry, no can do. Either work with us to change your contractual requirements, or your not getting merged into Antenna TV." The fact that nobody at Roku thought this was a problem (and just went along with it because "it's not our fault") -- and made navigation even harder than it was before, with less than 1/10th the channels. It doesn't inspire confidence about the future of Roku (IMO).

      • Visitor45763's avatar
        Visitor45763
        Roku Guru
        5 years ago
        Visitor45763 wrote:
        dobber wrote: hiding some but not all streaming channels.  ... Can it be done?

        It's been suggested that these are Pluto channels [&] Pluto's terms of carriage may not allow hiding any channels.

        FYI: I'm playing with my Amazon Firestick Lite today. Added Pluto to it. It allows for favorites and hiding Pluto channels. 

        That's not the same as having them merged in with antenna tv (which could be easier to use than having it in a separate app). But, apparently (looking at Firestick), there was no reason Roku couldn't have made the channels individually hidden (assuming they are Pluto too, as someone suggested they are.).

        From my perspective, this just looks like another example of Roku's uninspired vision, lazy/sloppy development. (A $22 streaming stick has favorites and hiding streaming channels. But, a $300 tv doesn't.). I don't think there's any excuses other than failed leadership.