Live News Is Now FREE on The Roku Channel


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Back in April Roku announced plans to bring free live news from services like ABC News, Cheddar, and Newsy to The Roku Channel for free. Now as the 8.1 Roku update starts to roll out Roku has turned on their new free news service.

“We built The Roku Channel so it’s easy to navigate, offers great content and brings real value to our customers,” said Rob Holmes, vice president of programming, Roku. “Today, we’re working with some of the industry’s most forward-looking news organizations such as ABC News, Cheddar, Newsy and People TV, to deliver yet another customer-requested feature to The Roku Channel – live and linear news. ABC News has been at the forefront of producing and delivering live news for OTT viewing and we’re excited to have them on-board as one of our anchor news partners.”

Now inside The Roku Channel you will find a new area that features live news. It’s 100% free, so make sure to check it out as a great option.

“Now more than ever people want to find out what’s happening in the world from a straightforward news source they know and trust,” said Colby Smith, vice president, ABC News Digital. “After experimenting with thousands of livestreams and analyzing the data, we’re excited to launch ABC News Live for younger viewers who increasingly rely on Roku and non-linear platforms for their news.”

“Roku is constantly innovating, and the addition of news to The Roku Channel illustrates that consumers want live news. Cheddar is thrilled to work with Roku to provide business and tech news to its massive audience,” said Daniel Schneider, VP of business development at Cheddar.

If you already have The Roku Channel just run a system update to make sure you have the most up-to-date version. If not, you can add The Roku Channel to your Roku HERE.

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