People are just realising their telly has a little-known hidden channel filled with hundreds of free

July 2024 ยท 2 minute read

THERE'S a little-known app for telly fans looking for something to watch without subscribing to yet another streaming service.

Netflix, Disney+ and Prime Video don't come cheap so it's no wonder people are considering alternative options to save money.

One such free option may be on your telly and you don't even know it.

The service is known as The Roku Channel.

It features a revolving selection of TV shows and movies.

And some are names you'll recognise too.

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The Exorcist, Robocop, Farscape, Storage Hunters and America's Next Top Model are on the list.

For the kids you'll even find Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions, Shaun The Sheep and All Dogs Go To Heaven.

The Roku Channel is available as an app on Hisense TVs, Asda's Polaroid Roku TVs, Now TV and Sky Q.

In the US, you can watch The Roku Channel on Roku devices or TVs, and it's also easily accessible online at TheRokuChannel.com, Amazon Fire TVs, Samsung TVs, Google TV and other Android TV OS devices.

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Roku recently announced that it is broadening a partnership with NBCUniversal to launch even more channels so look out for even more coming soon.

More free telly

There are a range of free streaming telly alternatives emerging these days.

Pluto TV features more than 100 extra channels.

The app was recently added to some of Virgin Media's TV boxes.

And UKTV Play provides access to content from W, Dave, Yesterday and Drama.

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