Roku 2014: a year in review

What a year it’s been! In 2014, we hit major milestones, launched highly rated new products, added top streaming channels and more. All thanks to our incredible Roku customers, streaming hours are booming; more than 3 billion hours were streamed in 2014 (75% growth year over year) – that’s more hours than Apple TV, Chromecast and Amazon Fire TV combined¹.

We accomplished so much this year (see the full list below!) and can’t wait to share what we have in store for 2015. We’ll continue to focus on our sole priority, to deliver the very best streaming entertainment experience through our easy-to-use streaming players and our TV partners’ Roku TV models.

So here’s to an exciting year ahead. As CNET said, “Roku is hitting the gas…”

2014 by the numbers

Surpassed 10 million streaming players sold and 2,000 streaming channels (more streaming channels than any other streaming player)
Streamed more than 3 billion hours
Celebrated the very first National Streaming Day
Shipped the popular Roku Streaming Stick (HDMI Version)
- Included in CNET’s “Best tech products of 2014” list
Debuted Roku TV with TCL and Hisense
- Wired dubbed Roku TV “the first smart TV worth using,” the TCL Roku TV was named PC Mag’s “Best Budget HDTV” of 2014 and CNET’s “Best tech products of 2014” list
Received rave reviews for our Roku 3 flagship streaming player
- CNET selected the Roku 3 as the “best streamer anywhere”
Added Google Play, FXNOW, WWE Network, SHOWTIME ANYTIME, NFL Now, CinemaNow and many more to the Roku platform furthering our lead in streaming channel choices
Expanded Roku Search to now include 15 top streaming channels making it easier to find and price movies and TV shows
Added Comcast support for HBO GO and SHOWTIME ANYTIME
Launched screen mirroring beta for Android and Windows devices
Adapted the Roku mobile app to include Windows Phones
Partnered with Sky Deutschland to create the Sky Online TV Box through our Roku Powered™ program