I reread my question and for clarity wish to restate it, hopefully better:

I am considering buying the new Siri Remote. I like listening to my college team's announcers instead of the TV announcers for college basketball games. I need to use iHeart radio to get the team's announcers. Then I pause the live stream on my TV to get in sync with the radio. But, I cannot get my current, basic AppleTV remote to accurately pause and start the stream. There is always a lag and sometimes I accidentally rub the top of the remote and things go haywire. I have a smaller TV in the bedroom where I use Roku instead of AppleTV. The Roku remote is very basic. No place for swiping or gestures. Just click. And it just works! I would buy the new Siri remote if I could pause and resume live action easily, like on the Roku remote. Does anyone know if the new Siri remote acts this way?