Anthony Wood

“It's amazing the number of media company executives that didn't think streaming would be popular. They just thought there's nothing wrong with cable and satellite. The world is not going to change. When it was so clear that of course it's going to change. The internet has disrupted every industry and it's going to disr...”

— From Roku: Anthony Wood, DeepSignal Studios (September 19, 2022)

“So yeah, so it's um I mean our model is not a traditional cable model like as you just pointed out we get paid for distributing content but we don't bill we don't have a monthly subscription like a cable operator has but we do have a billing platform you know part of our purpose-built platform for TV is building in too...”

— From Roku: Anthony Wood, DeepSignal Studios (September 19, 2022)

“We delivered an outstanding quarter and are executing against our monetization initiatives. For example, advertising revenue grew 27% and our third-party partnership strategy is working. Adoption of ads manager is growing. And overall, we're building a highly performant connected TV ad platform. And then subscription r...”

— From $ROKU Roku Q1 2026 Earnings Conference Call, EARNMOAR (April 30, 2026)

“I mean at the highest level AI is a like a very big opportunity for Roku. It's a powerful tailwind for our business. We're integrating across our entire technology stack. You know, in the product, in our platform, we use AI across the platform to improve discovery and increase engagement, improve advertising performanc...”

— From $ROKU Roku Q1 2026 Earnings Conference Call, EARNMOAR (April 30, 2026)

“So the first streaming service that Netflix launched was, like it was so bad that they didn't want to sell it as a separate service. They decided, well, we'll just give this away for free if you sign up for your DVD plan. We'll throw in some streaming stuff on the side and, you know, the industry didn't really want to...”

— From Good TV: Roku’s CEO on Access, Affordability, and the Future of TV | Fast Company, Fast Company (March 18, 2026)

“I think one one thing that makes me good at that is understanding what can actually be made. You know, I think it's, you know, lots of people come to me and they say, oh, you should just, like, invent something that, you know, like prints out smells on a, like an inkjet printer, but you can smell it. And I'm like, but...”

— From Good TV: Roku’s CEO on Access, Affordability, and the Future of TV | Fast Company, Fast Company (March 18, 2026)

“AI is going to reduce the cost of content significantly over time. And you know, as content and including long form content and as long form content costs come down, that's going to grow engagement on our platform. And we monetize engagement. That's basically our business model is monetizing engagement. So you know, I...”

— From Roku Q4 2025 Earnings Call, i101 (February 12, 2026)

“I think AI is a significant opportunity for Roku. You know, we view it as a powerful tailwind to our business. It's not a disruptor for us and we're integrating it across our entire technology stack. We're applying AI across our platform to improve discovery, increase engagement, and unlock, you know, major new monetiz...”

— From Roku Q4 2025 Earnings Call, i101 (February 12, 2026)

“AI is going to reduce the cost of content significantly over time. And you know, as content and including long form content and as long form content costs come down, that's going to grow engagement on our platform. And we monetize engagement. That's basically our business model is monetizing engagement.”

— From $ROKU Roku Inc Q4 2025 Earnings Conference Call, EARNMOAR (February 12, 2026)

“I think AI is a significant opportunity for Roku. You know, we view it as a powerful tailwind to our business. It's not a disruptor for us. And we're integrating it across our entire technology stack. We're applying AI across our platform to improve discovery, increase engagement, and unlock, you know, major new moneti...”

— From $ROKU Roku Inc Q4 2025 Earnings Conference Call, EARNMOAR (February 12, 2026)

“The main reason is that we actually built a software platform operating system that's designed for television. And if you look at the history of computing platforms, it's always the ones that are designed for the new platform that wins. So like DOSs went on PCs because it was built designed for PCs. You know, Windows d...”

— From International Keynote: Anthony Wood | RTS Cambridge Convention 2025, Royal Television Society (September 22, 2025)

“I think that we're going to be down to probably my guess is two maybe three platforms eventually TV platforms. And so and then the other kind of consolidation that's happening is uh just you think about the apps so YouTube is a is an aggregator um and the ability to have your own app I believe is only a few companies a...”

— From International Keynote: Anthony Wood | RTS Cambridge Convention 2025, Royal Television Society (September 22, 2025)

“In July, streaming on Roku's operating system surpassed all broadcast TV. In addition, our ad supported service, Roku Channel, grew to 2.8% of all TV viewing and is now the fifth largest streaming service in the US, right behind Prime Video.”

— From Roku 2025 Developer Summit: Keynote, Roku Developers (September 17, 2025)

“For example, Roku is now the largest streaming platform in the US, Canada, and Mexico with over 90 million active accounts, and we're still growing quickly.”

— From Roku 2025 Developer Summit: Keynote, Roku Developers (September 17, 2025)

“we're continuing to execute well and I thought you know one of the interesting things about the quarter was just how it provided a lot of proof points that our strategy to grow our platform revenue is working and working well and just to remind everyone like the three key points of our strategy to grow platform Revenue...”

— From Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) - Q4 2024 Earnings Call, Business Presentations (February 13, 2025)