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General Information

Websiteroku.com
CategoryConsumer Electronics/Devices
Email
Employees
Founded10/02
DescriptionHome Digital Media Electronics

Offices

Saratoga, USA
12980 Saratoga Ave., Ste. D
Saratoga, CA, 95070
USA

People

Founder

Funding

Total$14.4M
Series B, 1/08
Netflix
$6M
Series C, 10/08
Menlo Ventures
Series D, 8/09
Menlo Ventures
$8.4M

Tags

consumer-electronics, home-digital-media, netflix

Roku

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.

Milestones

  • Dollar
    Roku received $8.4M in Series D funding. (8/10/09)
    Posted 8/10/09 at 9:46am
  • Dollar
    Roku received in Series C funding. (10/28/08)
    Posted 10/30/08 at 7:49am
  • Dollar
    Roku received $6M in Series B funding. (1/08)
    Posted 10/30/08 at 7:50am
  • Check
    Roku added Anthony Wood as Founder.
    Posted 5/20/08 at 10:41am

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This video was originally published on Beet.TV

Added: 8/10/09

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Products

The Roku Player

Websiteroku.com
Launch DateMay 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.

Roku screenshot
Above: The Netflix Player (by Roku)
Uploaded: 5/20/08
Roku screenshot
Above: The back of the player has standard RCA jacks, S-video, component video, HDMI, and optical audio.
Uploaded: 5/20/08
Roku screenshot
Above: Roku Player w/ Netflix UI
Uploaded: 11/8/09

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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]
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