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I'm not a fan of their suggestion interface either, but InstantWatcher and CanIstream.it go a long way towards fixing that. But...Roku, a spinoff? Nope. Roku's
by geoelectric 12y ago
I'm not a fan of their suggestion interface either, but InstantWatcher and CanIstream.it go a long way towards fixing that.
But...Roku, a spinoff? Nope. Roku's independent, founded by the guy who founded ReplayTV, which was TiVo's only real competition way back when.
- rogerbinns 12y agoYou'll need to correct all the people who wrote about Roku being a Netflix spinoff then. Here are some to start with: http://www.fastcompany.com/3004709/inside-netflixs-project-griffin-forgotten-history-roku-under-reed-hastings http://www.fastcompany.com/3004709/inside-netflixs-project-g... http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/23/netflix-created-roku/ http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/23/netflix-created-roku/ http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/23/before-the-launch-of-netflix-spin-off-roku-ceo-reed-hastings-decided-it-would-be-cute-to-make-fun-of-foxconn-assembly-line-workers/ http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/23/before-the-launch-of-netfli...
- geoelectric 12y agoThanks for the correction! I missed that chapter somehow.
- kbutler 12y agohttps://www.roku.com/about/company https://www.roku.com/about/company In the early days of Roku, Anthony also served as the vice president of Internet TV at Netflix, where he developed what is known today as the Roku streaming player, originally designed as the original video player for Netflix. Prior to Roku, Anthony invented the digital video recorder (DVR) and founded ReplayTV
- geoelectric 12y agoWow, OK. I'm definitely wrong then. Thanks for the correction!