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SALT LAKE CITY -- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently launched its Mormon Channel on Roku.
The channel gives anyone with high-speed Internet access and a Roku box the ability to stream LDS content straight to a television. A Roku player is a 1-by-5-inch box that enables instant play of various entertainment channels to stream movies, shows, news, radio and other entertainment through televisions.
A Roku Box can be purchased from many electronics stores. The Mormon Channel is available from the Roku Channel store, under the "Spiritual" category.
Programming on the church's channel includes the upcoming 2011 Pioneer Day Commemoration Concert, General conferences, Mormon Messages, and Church Educational System devotionals.
The church says thousands of people have downloaded the Mormon Channel on Roku in the past six weeks and that it is currently the top-rated channel in the Roku channel store.
Bob Jones, product manager of syndication for the church said Roku boxes were tested in 182 locations during the 181st Annual General Conference and are currently being tested in 100 meetinghouses across the world.
According to the Church News, providing materials through the Roku Channel is the first step to an international approach for the church's Media Services Department. The plan is to expand internationally, making content available in a number of languages by the end of the year.
