In addition, users can press left on their remote at any time to bring up the guide.
The launch of the Live TV Channel Guide will make accessing the expanded lineup channels easier, via a new “Live TV” tile on The Roku Channel. Roku says the hub continues to grow substantially faster than its overall platform, with a greater than 100% increase in streaming hours year-over-year in Q1. Even amid the pandemic, which saw advertisers pulling back, Roku booked $232.56 million in platform revenue in Q1, which includes ads and licensing fees, versus just $88.21 million in device sales. The company today generates more money from its platform business than its device sales. The ad-supported content, meanwhile, contributes to Roku’s bottom line. The hub makes Roku a top choice for cord-cutters, as it centralizes access to free streaming content. Today, the hub offers more than 100,000 titles, including free movies and TV reaching Roku’s estimated 36 million users. While it initially focused on offering a selection of free, ad-supported movies - similar to Vudu’s “Movies on Us” or TUBI, for example - it has grown to include a range of free content, including TV, news, sports and even live channels, as well as add-on premium subscriptions. Roku has been rapidly expanding The Roku Channel hub since its launch in September 2017.
Six Spanish-language channels - Pongalo NovelaClub, Moviemix by Pongalo, AFV Espanol, Latido Music, Love Nature Spanish and AmericaTeve - launched ahead of the news announcement.
The full list of new channels includes: The Bob Ross Channel, Bon Appetit, Condé Nast Traveler, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Glamour, GQ, Wired, Game Show Central, Reelz, Gravitas Movie Channel, SportsGrid, Brat TV, FilmRise Action, Revry, Love Nature, MAVTV Select, Deal or No Deal, Family Feud, Got Talent Global, XUMO Free Movies, XUMO Free Westerns, Kidz Bop TV, ZooMoo, Buzzr TV, Voyager, Reuters, PowerNation, Teletubbies, Rainbow Ruby, Redbox Free Movies, Kidoodle TV, Rev and Roll, and Ryan and Friends. Also among the new additions is a video news channel from Reuters.