How do I prevent my channel from being installed in specific countries?

Issue

Only want certain countries in Rest of World channel store region to have access to channel.

Environment

Developer Dashboard

Answer

If a specific country is not listed as a channel store under Manage My Channels > Properties*, that country is a part of the Rest of World channel store. 

If your content is restricted from playing in any country not explicitly listed in the Properties channel store list, we advise against making your channel available for Rest of World.

Rest of World (ROW) makes content available in nearly every country not listed as an explicit channel store (e.g. Mexico, Canada, United Kingdom, etc). If country X is not on that list, it's assumed that a user in country X would be able to access any Rest of World channel on our platform. 

You can geo-filter content so users in a specific country cannot access any in-channel content, there are third-party geo IP tools. Please note this is not a guaranteed or supported solution by Roku. 

Additional Resources

 *Full list of channel store regions:

• Argentina
• Canada
• Chile
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• France
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Ireland
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Rest of the World
• Panama
• Peru
• El Salvador
• United Kingdom
• United States

Can also be found on Developer Docs, including the country codes, here.