{"id":15013,"date":"2026-08-08T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=15013"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:01:00","slug":"watching-rokus-ai-channel-is-like-eating-from-a-trough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=15013","title":{"rendered":"Watching Roku\u2019s AI channel is like eating from a trough"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-bottom:1em; color:#666; font-size:0.9em;\">\n<strong>Charles Pulliam-Moore<\/strong><br \/>\n &bull;<br \/>\nAugust 7, 2026\n<\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An AI-generated illustration of a man in a suit holding up a purple pocket watch.\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Roku \/ Fairground\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-07-at-2.40.34-PM.png?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The appeal of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/23680217\/fast-services-tubi-roku-pluto-tv\">free ad-supported streaming television<\/a> (FAST) channels has always been the way they make it easier to (re)discover classic films and series. But Roku&#8217;s latest experiment in the FAST space has less to do with traditionally produced entertainment and is entirely focused on giving viewers access to a constant source of AI-generated content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week, <a href=\"https:\/\/cordcuttersnews.com\/roku-adds-4-new-free-channels-to-roku-tvs-roku-players-in-august-2026\/\">Roku added four new channels<\/a> to its library of streamable programming. Along with dedicated feeds for old episodes of <em>Mad TV<\/em>, <em>Whose Line Is It Anyway?<\/em>, and a variety of Black sitcoms, the platform also debuted a 24\/7 stream filled with projects from <a href=\"https:\/\/fairground.tv\/\">Colin Petrie-Norris&#8217; AI startup,  \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/entertainment\/976939\/roku-fairground-ai-fast-channel\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:1.5em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/entertainment\/976939\/roku-fairground-ai-fast-channel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full article &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles Pulliam-Moore &bull; August 7, 2026 The appeal of free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels has always been the way they make it easier to (re)discover classic films and series. But Roku&#8217;s latest experiment in the FAST space has less to do with traditionally produced entertainment and is entirely focused on giving viewers access to<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=15013\" class=\"themebutton2\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15013\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}