{"id":4975,"date":"2013-05-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/2013\/05\/30\/roku-receives-60-million-investment\/"},"modified":"2013-05-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-30T00:00:00","slug":"roku-receives-60-million-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/roku-receives-60-million-investment\/","title":{"rendered":"Roku Receives $60 Million Investment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">SARATOGA: Roku has been given a $60 million investment to put toward the growth of its streaming software and services businesses, with a leading institutional investor and Hearst Corporation joining prior investors such as BSkyB and News Corp. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Along with growing distribution for its platform, Roku will be focused on building up its collection of streaming entertainment. Last year Roku streamed more than 1 billion hours of video and music.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">&ldquo;Roku has built a strong brand that is widely recognized for great technology and a broad selection of high-quality content,&rdquo; said Ken Bronfin, senior managing director at Hearst Ventures, a unit of Hearst Corporation. &ldquo;We are truly impressed that Roku has built such a unique position in the market and we look forward to working with them to develop innovative products and services for our television audiences.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">&ldquo;Roku has a significant portfolio of investment and strategic partners with very successful global businesses. Their recognition of our brand success and belief in the Roku platform is a tremendous endorsement of our potential to shape the future television experience,&rdquo; added Anthony Wood, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Roku&#8217;s founder and CEO<\/span><\/span>. &ldquo;BSkyB and News Corporation are exceptional partners and we look forward to deepening our relationship with Hearst in the months to come.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SARATOGA: Roku has been given a $60 million investment to put toward the growth of its streaming software and services businesses, with a leading institutional investor and Hearst Corporation joining prior investors such as BSkyB and News Corp. 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