Roku Announces Sanyo as its Newest Roku TV Brand
April 04 2018 - 9:01AM
Business Wire
Sanyo Roku TVs Expected to be Available Soon in
Canada
Roku, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROKU) today announced that the Sanyo brand
is now part of the Roku TV™ licensing program. Funai Corporation
expects to ship the first Sanyo Roku TVs in Canada this
quarter.
“The Roku® operating system makes our smart TVs an attractive
option for consumers, with simple navigation and search, an
easy-to-use remote, thousands of streaming channels and regular
software updates so we can offer a great TV experience to our
customers,” said Peter Swinkels, GM, Product Planning at Funai
Electric, Inc. “Millions of households are familiar with the Sanyo
brand, and together with Roku’s easy-to-use streaming platform that
makes a powerful combination.”
“In just four years we have grown the Roku TV licensing program
significantly and have launched into other countries such as
Canada. We’re thrilled to expand the Roku TV program with our 10th
brand - Sanyo - through our work with Funai,” said Chas Smith,
general manager of Roku TV & Players. “I am certain that
Sanyo Roku TVs will offer Canadian consumers what they’re looking
for in a TV: value, simplicity and tons of entertainment
options.”
The Roku TV licensing program offers TV OEM partners an easy,
efficient, and cost-effective way to build smart TVs that consumers
love to use. The Roku operating system provides consumers with
access to an ever-growing library of content as well as regular,
automatic updates so they can be sure they have the latest and
greatest features.
About Funai Corporation
Funai Corporation with offices at Rutherford, NJ and Torrance,
CA is a subsidiary of Funai Electric Co., LTD and is the exclusive
licensee for Sanyo consumer televisions and home video products in
North America. Funai Electric Co., Ltd., established in 1961, is
headquartered in Osaka, Japan and is listed in the Tokyo Securities
Exchange First Section (6839). In addition to the consumer
electronic product brands sold by Funai sales and marketing
companies in Asia, Europe, and South America, Funai Electric
Company, Ltd. is a major original equipment manufacturer (OEM)
supplier for appliance, consumer electronics, computer, and
computer peripheral companies at a global level.
About Roku, Inc.
Roku pioneered streaming to the TV. We connect users to the
streaming content they love, enable content publishers to build and
monetize large audiences, and provide advertisers with unique
capabilities to engage consumers. Roku streaming players and Roku
TV models are available around the world through direct retail
sales and licensing arrangements with TV OEMs and service
operators. The company was founded by Anthony Wood, inventor of the
DVR. Roku is headquartered in Los Gatos, Calif. U.S.A.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Roku Forward-Looking
Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking” statements that
are based on our beliefs and assumptions and on information
currently available to us on the date of this press release.
Forward-looking statements may involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results,
performance or achievements to be materially different from those
expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These
statements include, but are not limited to predictions on the
timing and availability of Sanyo Roku TVs in the market. Except as
required by law, we assume no obligation to update these
forward-looking statements publicly, or to update the reasons
actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in
the forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes
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Commission, including our Form 10-K for the quarter and year ended
December 31, 2017. Copies of reports filed with the SEC are posted
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