{"id":15245695,"date":"2026-08-07T18:59:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/watching-rokus-ai-channel-is-like-eating-from-a-trough\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T19:33:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:33:41","slug":"watching-rokus-ai-channel-is-like-eating-from-a-trough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/watching-rokus-ai-channel-is-like-eating-from-a-trough\/","title":{"rendered":"Watching Roku\u2019s AI channel is like eating from a trough"},"content":{"rendered":"<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&amp;strip=all&amp;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 class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/entertainment\/976939\/roku-fairground-ai-fast-channel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TECH &#8211; AI &#8211; The Verge AI<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15245697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[292],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15245695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ai"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15245695-screenshot-2026-08-07-at-2.40.34-pm-scaled.webp",2560,1407,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15245695-screenshot-2026-08-07-at-2.40.34-pm-300x165.webp",300,165,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15245695-screenshot-2026-08-07-at-2.40.34-pm-620x341.webp",620,341,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15245695-screenshot-2026-08-07-at-2.40.34-pm-768x422.webp",768,422,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15245695-screenshot-2026-08-07-at-2.40.34-pm-940x517.webp",940,517,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15245695-screenshot-2026-08-07-at-2.40.34-pm-1536x844.webp",1536,844,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15245695-screenshot-2026-08-07-at-2.40.34-pm-2048x1126.webp",2048,1126,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15245695-screenshot-2026-08-07-at-2.40.34-pm-998x665.webp",998,665,true],"ignition_item":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15245695-screenshot-2026-08-07-at-2.40.34-pm-670x446.webp",670,446,true],"ignition_item_lg":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15245695-screenshot-2026-08-07-at-2.40.34-pm-1340x894.webp",1340,894,true],"ignition_article_media":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15245695-screenshot-2026-08-07-at-2.40.34-pm-510x510.webp",510,510,true],"ignition_minicart_item":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15245695-screenshot-2026-08-07-at-2.40.34-pm-160x160.webp",160,160,true],"profile_24":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15245695-screenshot-2026-08-07-at-2.40.34-pm-24x24.webp",24,24,true],"profile_48":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15245695-screenshot-2026-08-07-at-2.40.34-pm-48x48.webp",48,48,true],"profile_96":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15245695-screenshot-2026-08-07-at-2.40.34-pm-96x96.webp",96,96,true],"profile_150":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15245695-screenshot-2026-08-07-at-2.40.34-pm-150x150.webp",150,150,true],"profile_300":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15245695-screenshot-2026-08-07-at-2.40.34-pm-300x300.webp",300,300,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"news.iNthacity","author_link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/author\/atombo\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/articles\/tech\/ai\/\" rel=\"category tag\">AI<\/a>","tag_info":"AI","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15245695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15245695"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15245695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15245696,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15245695\/revisions\/15245696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15245697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15245695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15245695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15245695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}