My Roku box just got a little bit better

[freeradical]

Roku has been adding free channels. Some of them are kind of interesting.

They recently added a channel called "Newscaster". It features content from the following sources:

CBS
NBC
CNN
NASA
CNET
Current
ESPN
FOX
C-SPAN
NPR
PRI
BBC

Some of the channels are audio only, while others have video.

I watched some of "Meet the Press" on the NBC channel.

What Roku needs to do, is make deals with these sources to get more content. I wouldn't mind paying for stuff like this on an a la carte basis.

Cable companies beware, your days of being a monopoly are numbered...

[Ken Sp.]

Are the shows on demand or streaming?

Are CBS, NBC and Fox News live, or delayed and news only?

Thanks

[Ken Sp.]

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http://www.roku.com/netflix-deal

[freeradical]

The shows are streaming.

Actually, the amount of news is limited. From what I've seen it's just a fraction of the sources content.

For example, you only get last weeks "Meet the Press" episode.

I wouldn't get a Roku box for this cahannel, but this is a step in the right direction.

I primarily use my Roku box for Netflix, and the MLB baseball channel.

It's also great for streaming Pandora. I just get the streaming going and then shut the TV off. The music plays on my stereo.

Edit: The shows might actually be on demand. You don't get them live.

[NewtonMP2100]

.....so you can now ROKU around the clock......??