What's going on in the world? You can find out using CNNgo on Roku

By Stephanie Topacio Long Published December 3, 2015

Roku 4 — Bill Roberson/Digital Trends

Roku users have a new channel to enjoy: CNNgo. The popular streaming company announced today that U.S. consumers will now be able to use their Roku players or TVs to stream content from the CNN online platform.

All Roku users will be able to find free news clips, videos, and collections to browse through and watch, but those with a pay TV subscription will also be able to access much more. In addition to 24/7 live breaking news, there are full-length CNN original programs on-demand. Among those shows available are Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, This is Life with Lisa Ling and Mike Rowe’s Somebody’s Gotta Do It. Subscribers will also have access to past show segments, plus related videos and photo galleries.

Recommended Videos

“With the release of CNNgo on Roku streaming devices, CNN is continuing to give viewers control over their news experience on the platform of their choice,” said Rajin Persaud, vice president of digital video and TVE products, in a related press release.

Please enable Javascript to view this content

The patnership does make it easy for users to find news of interest — CNNgo’s top videos of the day and most popular news videos are now available on the Roku home screen. Plus, search features will let users find related coverage and browse by category. There’s a lot for news junkies to like, but the fact that much of the content requires a TV subscription means it’s not what cord-cutters would hope to see.

For CNN, it makes sense to bring the platform to Roku. A recent survey by Parks Associates found that the company’s devices are the most common non-gaming streaming media players. CNNgo is also currently available to Apple TV users, and has been since launching on the device in March.

CNNgo is available now under “News & Weather” in Roku’s channel store.

Topics

Stephanie Topacio Long

Former Digital Trends Contributor

Stephanie Topacio Long is a writer and editor whose writing interests range from business to books. She also contributes to…

Audio / Video

Tubi’s new Scenes feature plays clips to help you find your next binge

A mobile device in a hand with the Tubi Scenes feature.

Tubi, Fox's free ad-supported streaming TV service (FAST), boasts a content library of more than 250,000 movies and TV episodes and 200 live TV channels, which makes finding something to watch a tricky proposition. Today, however, Tubi's 81 million active users are getting a new way to help them find something to watch in the form of Scenes, a feature that serves up short clips of your favorite shows and movies on your mobile device.

Scenes, which can now be found in the Tubi app's navigation bar on iOS and Android devices, serves up access to "tens of thousands" of clips of a user's favorite shows and movies that they can scroll à la TikTok or Reels, all based on the content that they like and add to their "My List" inventory.

Audio / Video

Netflix password sharing: how the rules work and what you need to know

The Netflix TV show category on iOS.

Back in the day, it was enough for one person in your family or group of friends to have a single Netflix account that got shared around. However, all of that changed in May 2023 when Netflix cracked down on password sharing, making it much more difficult to share an account outside of your home.

Netflix is one of the most popular streaming services out there, and with good reason. It delivers a massive library full of old favorites and new movies and shows like Stranger Things, Bridgerton, and Will & Harper. The sudden shift away from Netflix password sharing meant everyone from old roommates to college students were left trying to figure out what the new rules meant, and whether they'd need to pick up their own Netflix account.

Audio / Video

You can now design custom Spotify playlist cover art, right in the app

Spotify's Cover Art Creator tool seen on a phone screen.

Personalizing your Spotify playlist by uploading your own covert art image is a great way to put a visual stamp on your audio mix, but now, you can design that cover art right in the app. Starting today as a beta feature in English in 65 markets, the "Create Cover Art" feature gives users the ability to pick backgrounds, create text effects, and add stickers to generate an original piece of cover art for their playlists. It's available to both free and Spotify Premium users.

Accessing the new feature is as simple as opening a playlist you've created, selecting the context menu (the three dots ... ) and choosing Create Cover Art. You'll then be given the choice to change the cover image (by uploading) or to create covert art.