The Evolution of the Roku Media Player

Roku the company at the forefront of the cord cutting revolution...

In the spring of 2008, hardly anyone had heard about a small startup named Roku. Netflix was starting to change from a DVD rental business to offering online streaming from the Internet, and most people still subscribed to some form of cable TV.

How Roku media streamers evolved from their very first model to their latest and greatest you can buy today.

For the full history on each model visit the Roku Page on Wikipedia

Interesting Facts and Stats about Roku

Roku played a big part in driving the cord cutting revolution. Here are some facts about Roku you may not know.

- Roku is based out of Los Gatos, California and employees over 400 people
- As of Fall 2016, Roku had approximately 10 million Active User Accounts
- The Roku Rocks Facebook Group has over 10K members who love Roku
- Number of Paid, Free, Public and Private Roku Channels 5000+ See our A-Z Roku Channels List

Roku has become one of the most popular media streaming companies today. They have branched out and many new Smart TVs come with Roku already onboard.
- As of 2016 Among OTT Streaming Devices, Roku had a market share of 49% followed by Chromecast which had 22%, Amazon Fire Devices where at 16%, Apple TV was 12% and others had 1%.

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