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Roku

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Roku is a consumer electronics firm which specializes in home digital media products. They’re best known for creating the first set-top streaming box for Netflix.

The company was founded by ReplayTV founder Anthony Wood. “Roku” means “six” in Japanese, a reference to the six companies Wood has launched.

Recent Milestones

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  Roku added Scott Rosenberg as VP Business Development . (11/1/12)
  Posted 5/1/13 at 7:26pm
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  Roku received $45M in Series E funding. (7/25/12)
  Posted 7/26/12 at 4:26am via techcrunch.com
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  Roku added Alan Henricks as Audit Committee Chair. (5/1/12)
  Posted 4/19/13 at 1:31pm
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  Roku received $8M in Venture Round funding. (8/12/11)
  Posted 8/12/11 at 6:32pm via venturebeat.com
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  Roku — Roku announces partnership with Hulu. The Hulu Plus service will be offered on the Roku streaming player in late fall 2010. (9/28/10)
  Posted 9/28/10 at 3:30pm via freshnews.com
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  Roku added Tom Markworth as Director of Product Management. (10/1/09)
  Posted 12/22/12 at 12:20pm
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  Roku received $8.4M in Series D funding. (8/10/09)
  Posted 8/10/09 at 9:46am via paidcontent.org
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  Roku added Brian Jaquet as Director, Corporate Communications. (4/3/09)
  Posted 9/24/12 at 8:51am
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  Roku received () in Series C funding. (10/28/08)
  Posted 10/30/08 at 7:49am via yahoo.com
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  Roku added Shawn Carolan as Board Member. (9/1/08)
  Posted 3/9/11 at 1:21pm
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  Roku received $6M in Series B funding. (1/1/08)
  Posted 10/30/08 at 7:50am via paidcontent.org
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  Roku added Joe Beninato as VP Product Marketing and Business Development. (1/1/03)
  Posted 7/20/10 at 6:53am
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  Roku added Tim Twerdahl as VP.
  Posted 8/29/11 at 3:37pm
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  Roku added Anthony Wood as Founder and CEO.
  Posted 5/20/08 at 10:41am
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  Roku added Daniel Leff as Board Member.
  Posted 3/23/12 at 10:49am
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  Roku added David Krall as President and COO.
  Posted 7/29/10 at 9:58pm

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Products

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The Roku Player

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Website	roku.com
Launch Date	May 20, 2008
Tags	netflix, streaming, video

The Roku Player is a $100 set top box that streams movies and TV shows from Netflix and Amazon Video On Demand as well as live baseball via MLB.TV directly to your living room.

A Netflix, Amazon Video On Demand or MLB.TV account is required to use the box, but then you simply connect the box to the Internet via Wi-Fi or Ethernet, send a request to link the Roku player to the respective content provider and then the box is paired and you’re ready to start streaming from a library of over 50,000 combined titles and live and on demand baseball.

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Sources

1. Netflix’s Movie Box Launches With Roku; Selection Still Limited; Buys Stake in Roku (paidcontent.org) [edit]
2. Roku, Inc. Receives Funding From Menlo Ventures (biz.yahoo.com) [edit]
3. Roku Adds $8.4 Million In Funding From Menlo Ventures (paidcontent.org) [edit]
4. Roku grabs $8M, weeks after releasing Roku 2 (venturebeat.com) [edit]
5. Roku Becomes Pay TV’s Streaming Box Of Choice, Raises $45 Million From News Corp, BSkyB, And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
Roku Announces Content Partnership with Hulu (freshnews.com) [edit]