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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
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]
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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There's a disconnect between the two rock stars of streaming video. What's good for Netflix used to be good for Roku, but what's bad for Netflix is also apparently good for Roku.
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The company is headquartered in Los Gatos, California and was founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California. This is an abridged history of the formation and growth of Netflix, which has grown to become the largest entertainment company in the United States in terms of market capitalization as of 2020.
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