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Roku players are a series of digital video & media players manufactured by Roku, Inc. Roku partners provide over-the-top content in the form of channels used to stream TV and movies.
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The graph below depicts the number of Roku reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.
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Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by Roku users through our website.
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Crashing (29%)
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Playback Issues (24%)
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Buffering (23%)
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Sign in (21%)
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Video Quality (3%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Roku outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
|---|---|---|
 Keene |
Crashing | |
| Sarasota |
Buffering | |
| Newnan |
Playback Issues | |
| Rochester |
Playback Issues | |
| Smyrna |
Crashing | |
| Tampa |
Sign in |
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Roku Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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joel stratman
(@joel72858949) reported
@YouTubeTV So what my YouTube tv is down on roku fix it
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Gregg Masters
(@GreggMasters) reported
@RokuSupport can you help me? My audio synch is happening on almost every application. If I reboot the ROKU, it might help for one episode but then episode 2 goes right back to being out of synch.
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Political Corruption Exposed - Illinois
(@IllinoisExposed) reported
@slinganswers Local channels working through air tv but no cable station will play. 8-702 error. On all 3 Roku devices. All updated and operating other streaming apps.
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Black Hammer
(@BlackHammer1976) reported
@slinganswers Also trouble shooting does nothing removed sling app nothing reset Roku nothing still 8-702 don’t understand if it is a technical issue why are you telling people to DM you to try troubleshooting it.
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TheeAllyE
(@TheeAllyE) reported
Roku really is the worst tv in history
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Karen Stickney
(@ThreadbareDsign) reported
@TeamYouTube YouTube TV isn't streaming any channels, tho it previews them. I've checked for updates and restarted my Roku - any help??
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Brooke Eveler
(@BrookeEveler) reported
@PopContrarian ESPN iPhone app is the ONLY place I could get it to play - both Roku and website were giving me the same connection errors you posted
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Craig Samuels Jr
(@airforcepride) reported
@TeamYouTube Is YoutubeTV experiencing an outage. It doesn’t work on any streaming device (AppleTV, Roku, FireStick).
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Loree Lamour
(@loreelove07) reported
@RokuSupport hi YouTube tv is not working on Roku. It’s working on my phone though can you help me with this? I’m not the only person with this issue. Thank you.
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Dustin Gay
(@Beyon_D) reported
@Roku @YouTubeTV error licensing this video on every channel. Can I get some help?
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Brian Van Bruggen
(@brynjms) reported
@YouTubeTV what's the issue. I keep getting a playback error message on my Roku. It says there was an error licensing this video. It's on multiple channels. What's up? Please fix!
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Don Noble
(@donek311) reported
Took logging into the web interface to see that @YouTubeTV is aware of and working on the issue. I would've just kept sending you all error logs from my Roku otherwise, haha #YouTubeDOWN
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Celtic Scenes
(@CelticScenes) reported
@YouTubeTV come home and all of a sudden all my accounts, all my shows live and recorded say licensing issue playback error. I've sent feedback. Checked my roku app was up to date. Reset the roku a few times.... Any one else?
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Sean Kelly
(@skelly54) reported
@Meanerz @YouTubeTV Same issue with my Roku in Omaha.
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mth
(@A_Beverage_Here) reported
@HBOMaxHelp @K_Curry_ It's everything HBO max. You know this. It's roku. Its fire TV. It Chromecast. It's xbox. It's playstation. It's every streaming device. You hang. You clearly don't know why but it's for a higher up engineer than than the help desk on Twitter to figure out.
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Tony1028
(@Tony10283) reported
from
Raleigh, North Carolina
@YouTubeTV I cant watch your app on my phone or any of my roku's. Error stating something with licensing. What's going on?
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JustJoe
(@JustJoe89728843) reported
@slinganswers No problem. Roku.. FREE streaming is working fine. Might have to take this into consideration
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Citizen/OA Sports
(@SWMN_SportsGuy) reported
@YouTubeTV Are you having transmission issues? Nothing is playing on our Roku when we click on it.
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Big Hair Energy in 2022
(@RedHoodedRants) reported
@TeamYouTube @Turbayveronica Glad you’re working on it. Oddly it’s not working on my roku but I’m using it right now on my phone.
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Lisa Kathan
(@LisaKathan) reported
@Redpainter1 @slinganswers yep -- I am getting the same error 8-702 on roku, Android, and the website.
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Matt D.
(@imNoBloodyHero) reported
@J_Percell @WashSpirit I keep getting a connection error on my roku. Don't know how to fix it!
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Tricia
(@Tricia072710) reported
@YouTubeTV having issues with the tv app watching anything but cnn. But can watch everything on my phone. Running Roku tv
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Alys Drake
(@alysdrake) reported
from
Memphis, Tennessee
@YouTubeTV our app is not working on Roku. Any advice?
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Caveman Advocate
(@CavemanAdvocate) reported
@dave_doyle @YouTubeTV @Roku Yes. Getting a black screen, then several minutes later a playback licensing issue. Everything else works on my network and other roku channels, so it’s a yttv app problem.
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Dale Zacher
(@DaleZacher) reported
@bradkporter @YouTubeTV @YouTube Down in Minnesota both on Roku and Phone app. Says error with licensing on all channels
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mrmikeyc
(@mrmikeycolgate) reported
@YouTubeTV Any chance that this broke everything since TV service is completely unavailable via fire TV Roku Desktop for Northern and Central Indiana. I swear to god if you tell me to update, restart, or re-login to fix this, I will be pissed.
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Black Colored Voni
(@VoniVodka) reported
@blackmxst Idk @hamsterwatch said the feeds aren’t working for some reason. They work on my roku as of right now
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Steve Panelli
(@scpanel) reported
@YouTubeTV Not working on Roku or Apple TV getting playback errors
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J Darrell
(@jdarrell1958) reported
Well I keep getting "error licensing" this video. Looks like Google forgot to pay their bills! No it's down on Roku but it is fully functional on the Android App.
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Lisa Townsley
(@Sanjolisa) reported
@TeamYouTube Is there an issue with YouTube tv App? I can watch online but not on Fire Stick or Roku TV