The Roku Channel Terms of Use

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Access is limited to Roku-compatible devices; premium content needs a Roku account

The document limits how The Roku Channel may be reached: access is permitted only through Roku-compatible devices and other authorized video players. Premium content on The Roku Channel that requires a subscription additionally requires creating a Roku account.

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You may only access The Roku Channel through Roku-compatible devices and other authorized video players.

To access premium content on The Roku Channel (that requires a subscription), you will need to create a Roku account.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Only Roku-compatible devices and other authorized video players are permitted access.
• A Roku account is required for premium (subscription) content specifically, not stated as required for all use of The Roku Channel.

Not stated here

• The linked account-creation page is not part of this document; these terms do not say what information creating a Roku account involves.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Violating these terms lets Roku suspend or terminate your access

If a user violates any of these terms, Roku states it has the right to suspend or terminate that user's access to The Roku Channel.

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If you violate any of these terms, we have the right to suspend or terminate your access to The Roku Channel.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The trigger is a violation of any of the terms as written, with no cure period or notice described.
• Roku may suspend or terminate; it is not stated that it must, or that this is limited to the affected content.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

You must enable content access controls for age-restricted content

The document puts the burden on the user to enable the content access controls on The Roku Channel so that age-restricted content is not viewed by people who do not meet the applicable age limits. Those age limits come from law, regulation or the content provider. It points to Roku support for instructions on enabling these settings on The Roku Channel or a Roku device.

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You are responsible for enabling the content access controls on The Roku Channel so that any age-restricted content is not viewed by persons not meeting the applicable age limits, as specified by law, regulation, or the content provider.

Go to support for more information on how to enable these settings and controls on The Roku Channel or your Roku device.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The applicable age limits are those "specified by law, regulation, or the content provider", so they can differ by source.
• The obligation is to enable controls; the terms do not say Roku applies them by default.

Not stated here

• Which controls exist and how they are configured is left to the linked support documentation, which is not part of this source.