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Roku was founded by Anthony Wood in 2002; he had previously founded ReplayTV, a DVR company that competed with TiVo. [4] After ReplayTV's failure, Wood worked for a while at Netflix. In 2007, Wood's company began working with Netflix on Project:Griffin, a set-top box to allow Netflix users to stream Netflix content to their TVs. [4]
One of four buildings at current San Jose headquarters Former headquarters in Los Gatos (subleased from Netflix) Roku, Inc. (/ ˈ r oʊ k uː / ROH-koo) [4] is an American technology company. [5] [6] Founded in 2002 by Anthony Wood, it produces Roku-branded streaming players and TVs, distributes streaming services and operates an ad business on its
In 2002, Wood founded Roku, Inc., his sixth startup, to market home digital devices. "Roku" means “six” in Japanese. [13] In 2007 Netflix, Inc. employed Wood as the vice president of Netflix's "Internet TV", directly under Reed Hastings. [15] Wood continued to be the CEO of Roku in this period. [2]
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Service Parent Launch Country of origin Subscribers Content Areas served Ref. Netflix: Netflix, Inc. January 16, 2007 [a] United States 301.6 million [1]: Netflix Originals, Studio Ghibli, [b] Studio 100, WildBrain, Wow Unlimited Media, Mattel, Hasbro, Lionsgate Studios, Bento Box Entertainment, MarVista Entertainment, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, STX Entertainment, Skydance ...
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