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ROKU USERS Xfinity TV app for select Roku devices begins beta trial
https://blog.roku.com/ ^ | 2/21/17 | Staff

Posted on 02/23/2017 2:14:19 PM PST by V K Lee

Today we are releasing a beta of the Xfinity TV app for Roku in the U.S., providing Xfinity TV customers across the country even more choice in how they access the programming that is included with their cable subscription.

(Excerpt) Read more at blog.roku.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: hallmarkchannel; roku; xfinitytvapp
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Ladies, THE HALLMARK CHANNEL HAS ALSO BEEN ADDED AS A NEW FREE SOURCE. This is particularly liked during the Christmas season, but enjoyed other times of the year as well.
1 posted on 02/23/2017 2:14:19 PM PST by V K Lee
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I found two garden channels the other day with the rokuguide. There may even be more private channels.


2 posted on 02/23/2017 2:16:56 PM PST by txhurl
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To: V K Lee

Awesome!


3 posted on 02/23/2017 2:20:45 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (****happy dance**** BIGLY!!!! Shadilay!)
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To: txhurl

Yet to find those here. Will be searching. Nothing mentioned about them on the newest ROKU email or blog. Thanks for the thumbs up!


4 posted on 02/23/2017 2:25:38 PM PST by V K Lee (President Trump = MAGA (erasing the era of the Socialist Muslim minor))
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To: V K Lee

The Xfinity screen on my Roku is telling me to go to xfinity.com and enter the code given, but when I go to the page on my computer to enter the code, there’s no option given to enter a code.


5 posted on 02/23/2017 2:29:18 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: V K Lee

https://www.rokuguide.com/channels/garden-tv

https://www.rokuguide.com/channels/gardening-channel

https://www.rokuguide.com/channels/p.-allen-smith-garden-home


6 posted on 02/23/2017 2:30:32 PM PST by txhurl
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To: mass55th

I’ve not installed but this might be of help
http://forums.xfinity.com/t5/TV-App/Xfinity-TV-on-Roku/td-p/2834869


7 posted on 02/23/2017 2:32:41 PM PST by V K Lee (President Trump = MAGA (erasing the era of the Socialist Muslim minor))
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To: V K Lee

I find myself watching Roku more than cable now (I started during election when even FNC went anti Trump).

I used to watch FOX all night (Special Report thru Hannity). Now I watch Roku and either Netflix, Amazon or the Youtube app - viewing all the clips of day that look interesting from FOX News, FOX Biz, Info Wars, RSBN, Cernovich, Watson, etc. I love it.

Cable TV is dead.


8 posted on 02/23/2017 2:33:27 PM PST by nhwingut (Trump Pence 16 - Blow Up DC)
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To: txhurl

Thanks bunches! Love the gardening shows (with the exception of HGTV Once good, now worse than pitiful).


9 posted on 02/23/2017 2:36:36 PM PST by V K Lee (President Trump = MAGA (erasing the era of the Socialist Muslim minor))
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To: mass55th

If you’re a Time Warner - Spectrum - customer, you can’t watch any streamed content of any of their channel lineup unless you go through Roku. It will literally pop-up box on you telling you to buy their TV package if you want to watch it. How it’s legal for them to tell me how I use my internet is beyond me.


10 posted on 02/23/2017 2:36:42 PM PST by txhurl
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To: V K Lee

If I were the company making set top boxes for Xfinity, I’d be more than a little ticked off.


11 posted on 02/23/2017 2:38:26 PM PST by toast
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To: nhwingut

Roku channel Pear has FNC & Fox Business... free, of course. A little trickier to install than XTV, but the stream is way more reliable.


12 posted on 02/23/2017 2:39:05 PM PST by txhurl
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To: V K Lee

I did a search on the site and went to the FAQs “How to Activate” link. After adding the code, they want you to sign into an account. So, do you need to have an account for Xfinity, and pay for your internet service through them in order to use this? I already have Time Warner/Spectrum, so am not interested in paying for this service.


13 posted on 02/23/2017 2:39:10 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: txhurl

Thanks, you answered my question while I was posting another comment. I’ll just delete the channel since it’s no use to me.


14 posted on 02/23/2017 2:40:22 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: nhwingut

Seen a good many shows on X TV; 24/7 Began with MONK watching day after day (it was removed and do hope they will return it soon). Now watching the FRASIER episodes.
X-TV has also shown the most recent JASON BOURNE movie which thrilled my spouse. X-TV has so much to offer it’s a shame they experience incessant glitches.
We’ve no cable here, and cut off Direct TV years after we purchased their original receiver. Another electronic devise outdated.


15 posted on 02/23/2017 2:43:49 PM PST by V K Lee (President Trump = MAGA (erasing the era of the Socialist Muslim minor))
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To: mass55th

Are there any channels you’d like that Spectrum denies you? We know a bunch.


16 posted on 02/23/2017 2:45:14 PM PST by txhurl
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"Are there any channels you’d like that Spectrum denies you?"

Probably not, but thanks for the offer. I get more than enough programs on Spectrum, and record everything on the DVR. I also get a crapload of programs via British torrent sites. Can't beat the Brits for historical dramas, documentaries, and mysteries. Plus they air a lot of foreign series that you can't find on Netflix.

17 posted on 02/23/2017 2:49:44 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: toast

This thing is months behind schedule and still doesn’t work right. And if it ever does work right Comcast is going to charge extra for it.


18 posted on 02/23/2017 2:51:34 PM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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...the Xfinity TV app for Roku ... more choice in how they access the programming that is included with their cable subscription.

It would be better if Comcast offered a stand-alone Sling-like offering without requiring a cable subscription. As far as I know, Sling is the only service that offers a cable like package that's entirely streamed.

I subscribe to Sling's basic package plus its movie-channel add-on. I get my local channels OTA. Total monthly cost for considerable TV/Movie content - $25 plus my INSP cost of $44/mo for 40mbps.

19 posted on 02/23/2017 2:56:33 PM PST by JesusIsLord
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But you do have XTV, right, they are very UK-heavy with their programming.


20 posted on 02/23/2017 3:02:22 PM PST by txhurl
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