Roku 2014: a year in review
<http://blog.roku.com/blog/2014/12/30/roku-2014-a-year-in-review/>
*Posted on December 30, 2014 **
**
**by Anthony Wood**
**Roku CEO*
http://blog.roku.com/blog/2014/12/30/roku-2014-a-year-in-review/
<http://blog.roku.com/blog/author/anthonyw/>
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 combined.
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
<https://www.roku.com/products/compare> and our TV partners’ Roku TV
<https://www.roku.com/roku-tv> models.
So here’s to an exciting year ahead. As CNET
<http://www.cnet.com/news/roku-beats-apple-tv-again-on-usage-and-purchases/>
said, “Roku is hitting the gas…”
*2014 by the numbers*
* Surpassed 10 million streaming players sold
<http://blog.roku.com/blog/2014/09/16/10-million-roku-players-sold/>
and 2,000 streaming channels
<http://blog.roku.com/blog/2014/12/19/the-biggest-streaming-channel-lineup/>
(more streaming channels than any other streaming player)
* Streamed more than 3 billion hours
* Celebrated the very first National Streaming Day
<http://blog.roku.com/blog/2014/05/20/national-streaming-day/>
* Shipped the popular Roku Streaming Stick (HDMI Version)
<https://www.roku.com/products/streaming-stick>
o Included in CNET’s “Best tech products of 2014
<http://www.cnet.com/pictures/best-tech-products-of-2014/6/>” list
* Debuted Roku TV <https://www.roku.com/roku-tv> with TCL and Hisense
o Wired dubbed Roku TV “the first smart TV worth using
<http://www.wired.com/2014/01/roku-tv/>,” the TCL Roku TV was
named PC Mag’s “Best Budget HDTV
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2471973,00.asp>” of 2014
and CNET’s “Best tech products of 2014
<http://www.cnet.com/pictures/best-tech-products-of-2014/3/>” list
* Received rave reviews for our Roku 3
<https://www.roku.com/products/roku-3> flagship streaming player
o CNET selected the Roku 3 as the “best streamer anywhere
<http://www.cnet.com/videos/give-them-the-best-streamer-anywhere-roku-3/>”
* Added Google Play
<http://blog.roku.com/blog/2014/10/31/new-on-roku-google-play/>,
FXNOW
<http://blog.roku.com/blog/2014/12/18/new-in-the-u-s-roku-channel-store-fxnow/>,
WWE Network
<http://blog.roku.com/blog/2014/02/24/wwe-now-body-slamming-on-roku/>,
SHOWTIME ANYTIME
<http://blog.roku.com/blog/2014/02/18/showtime-anytime-launches-on-roku/>,
NFL Now <http://blog.roku.com/blog/2014/08/06/new-on-roku-nfl-now/>,
CinemaNow
<http://blog.roku.com/blog/2014/10/10/new-on-roku-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
<http://blog.roku.com/blog/2014/12/16/hbo-go-and-showtime-anytime-now-available-for-comcast-xfinity-customers-on-roku-devices/>
* Launched screen mirroring
<http://blog.roku.com/blog/2014/10/02/introducing-roku-screen-mirroring-beta-for-microsoft-windows-and-android-devices/>
beta for Android and Windows devices
* Adapted the Roku mobile app to include Windows Phone
<http://blog.roku.com/blog/2014/11/18/update-to-the-roku-mobile-app-for-windows-phone-v2-0/>s
* Partnered with Sky Deutschland to create the Sky Online TV Box
through our Roku Powered™ program <https://www.roku.com/roku-powered>
A big thank you to the millions of Roku users. We’ve got big things in
store. Stream big in 2015!
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