Roku adds – Roku has quietly expanded The Roku Channel with more than 500 free live channels, including four new sports additions launched Monday: FIFA Plus Women (channel 5243), FIFA Plus Español (channel 929), Sports Illustrated (channel 227), and Stingray Hooked (chann
A Roku remote doesn’t announce itself with fireworks. It just turns the screen into something new.
This week, Roku quietly added fresh free live TV to The Roku Channel—letting customers on Roku TV and Roku devices stream more than 500 free live channels without paying subscription fees. The update includes four sports-focused channels launched on Monday, arriving as the FIFA World Cup approaches.
Women’s soccer is now available through FIFA Plus Women, on channel 5243. Fans who want Spanish-language coverage can watch FIFA Plus Español on channel 929. Roku has also added a Sports Illustrated channel, listed as channel 227, and a fishing channel called Stingray Hooked on channel 5306.
The expansion sits inside the broader pitch Roku has made for The Roku Channel: live news, kids’ TV, movies, and shows—all for free. The trade-off is familiar to anyone using free streaming services: ads.
Cord Cutters News first reported the new channels. The Roku Channel also recently grew with other additions—Roku said in April it added free channels including ones that air reruns of the American Western series Rawhide and the sixties sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies.
Roku’s latest additions aren’t limited to sports. Customers can also find the tattoo reality show Ink Master and Comedy Central’s satirical program Tosh. 0 on newly added channels, while MTV en Español—featuring music videos and reality shows in Spanish—was included in that April update.
Even as the channel lineup expands on the screen. the business numbers behind the scenes are what Roku is leaning on. In a letter to shareholders in late April. the company described its first quarter as “outstanding.” Platform revenue was up 28 percent from the year before. driven by advertising and subscriptions. Roku’s stock price stood at $127.71 per share Tuesday afternoon, up from a low of $87.15 in late March.
The latest channel rollout lands in the space Roku has been building for years: an ad-supported free alternative that keeps viewers on the platform. For customers. the change is simple—more channels to click through. more sports to watch. and the quiet reminder that free viewing usually comes with ads.
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