Roku, every mention

Roku: Anthony Wood Nov 21, 2022 · 75 mentions

• ▶ 0:45 Guy Raz I'm Guy Raz, and on the show today, how Anthony Wood helped transform the way we watch television, first with the DVR, and then with Roku, a massive streaming platform with a remote that's simple enough for your grandparents to figure out. 7 times in the scene
• ▶ 31:11 Guy Raz So you would eventually land on a concept for what would become Roku, which was a, a device to help television stream video from the internet, but this is 2002. 6 times in the scene
• ▶ 33:43 Anthony Wood It was called the Photobridge. 2 times in the scene
• ▶ 35:07 Anthony Wood Yep, so the, so the Soundbridge sold in, I would say, the hundreds of thousands, which was good, but not a huge hit.
• ▶ 36:00 Guy Raz How did you convince him to cooperate with you and Roku to build a device for Netflix? 13 times in the scene
• ▶ 46:14 Anthony Wood PCs have windows and I felt like TVs needed Roku. 19 times in the scene
• ▶ 46:23 Anthony Wood So although we launched the first product is the Netflix player that we, you know, we quickly started adding other services. 8 times in the scene
• ▶ 57:06 Guy Raz So, by 2014, Roku sold around eight million streaming devices in the U.S., but at this point, smart TVs are also rolling out into the market, which means Roku has to expand its reach. 12 times in the scene
• ▶ 57:31 Guy Raz So now, of course, you sell the Roku televisions, and you work with a bunch of different companies. 2 times in the scene
• ▶ 1:00:38 Anthony Wood So, um, you know, one of the things that we did that people didn't appreciate at the time, but now they do is we started something called the Roku channel, which is essentially free ad supported movies and TV shows. 2 times in the scene
• ▶ 1:04:37 Guy Raz And of course, like many tech companies, you've had an incredible ride, and 20 20, 2021, huge growth for Roku. 3 times in the scene