Roku
E72793
Roku is a popular digital media player platform that streams internet-based television, movies, and other content through apps and channels on connected TVs.
All labels observed (13)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Roku canonical | 32 |
| The Roku Channel | 10 |
| Roku OS | 6 |
| Roku, Inc. | 6 |
| Roku Channel | 3 |
| ROKU | 1 |
| Roku Channels | 1 |
| Roku Express | 1 |
| Roku Streaming Stick | 1 |
| Roku TV | 1 |
| Roku Ultra | 1 |
| Roku devices | 1 |
| Roku streaming players | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T575595 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roku Context triple: [YouTube TV, platform, Roku]
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A.
Fire TV
Fire TV is Amazon’s digital media platform and line of streaming devices that let users watch online video, use apps, and access Alexa on their televisions.
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B.
Nvidia Shield TV
Nvidia Shield TV is a high-performance streaming media player and gaming device that runs on the Android TV platform and supports 4K HDR content.
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C.
Xiaomi Mi Box
The Xiaomi Mi Box is a compact streaming media player that runs Android TV, enabling users to watch online content, install apps, and cast media to their televisions.
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D.
Google TV
Google TV was a smart TV platform developed by Google that integrated the Android operating system and the Chrome browser to bring web content, apps, and traditional television together on connected TVs and set-top boxes.
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E.
Bravia
Bravia is Sony's line of high-definition televisions and display products known for their advanced picture and sound technologies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roku Target entity description: Roku is a popular digital media player platform that streams internet-based television, movies, and other content through apps and channels on connected TVs.
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A.
Fire TV
Fire TV is Amazon’s digital media platform and line of streaming devices that let users watch online video, use apps, and access Alexa on their televisions.
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B.
Nvidia Shield TV
Nvidia Shield TV is a high-performance streaming media player and gaming device that runs on the Android TV platform and supports 4K HDR content.
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C.
Xiaomi Mi Box
The Xiaomi Mi Box is a compact streaming media player that runs Android TV, enabling users to watch online content, install apps, and cast media to their televisions.
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D.
Google TV
Google TV was a smart TV platform developed by Google that integrated the Android operating system and the Chrome browser to bring web content, apps, and traditional television together on connected TVs and set-top boxes.
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E.
Bravia
Bravia is Sony's line of high-definition televisions and display products known for their advanced picture and sound technologies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
company
ⓘ
digital media player platform ⓘ streaming platform ⓘ |
| businessModel |
advertising revenue
ⓘ
hardware sales ⓘ revenue share from streaming services ⓘ |
| compatibleWith |
HDMI-equipped televisions
ⓘ
smart TVs ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| formerHeadquartersLocation | Los Gatos, California ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Anthony Wood ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 2002 ⓘ |
| founder | Anthony Wood ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
ad-supported free content
ⓘ
app-based channels ⓘ mobile companion app ⓘ remote control ⓘ screen mirroring ⓘ search across multiple services ⓘ voice search ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
San Jose, California
ⓘ
linked to:
San Jose, California, United States
|
| industry |
consumer electronics
ⓘ
streaming media ⓘ |
| market | over-the-top media services ⓘ |
| notableService |
The Roku Channel
ⓘ
linked to:
Roku
|
| operatingSystem |
Roku OS
ⓘ
linked to:
Roku
|
| platformFor |
internet-based channels
ⓘ
third-party streaming apps ⓘ |
| product |
Roku Express
ⓘ
linked to:
Roku
Roku OS ⓘ
linked to:
Roku
Roku Streaming Stick ⓘ
linked to:
Roku
Roku TV ⓘ
linked to:
Roku
Roku Ultra ⓘ
linked to:
Roku
Roku streaming players ⓘ
linked to:
Roku
The Roku Channel ⓘ
linked to:
Roku
|
| regionServed |
Latin America
ⓘ
North America ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ parts of Europe ⓘ |
| stockExchange | NASDAQ ⓘ |
| supports |
4K resolution
ⓘ
Ethernet connectivity ⓘ HDR video ⓘ Wi‑Fi connectivity ⓘ ad-supported streaming channels ⓘ internet-based television ⓘ streaming audio ⓘ streaming video ⓘ subscription streaming services ⓘ video-on-demand services ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol |
ROKU
ⓘ
linked to:
Roku
|
| wentPublicOn | 2017 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Roku Description of subject: Roku is a popular digital media player platform that streams internet-based television, movies, and other content through apps and channels on connected TVs.
Referenced by (65)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Roku
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subject linked to:
Discovery+ (service)
linked to: Roku
subject linked to:
MGM+ (formerly Epix) brand
linked to: Roku
subject linked to:
Crave (streaming service)
linked to: Roku
linked to: Roku
subject linked to:
Peacock streaming service
linked to: Roku
linked to: Roku
linked to: Roku
linked to: Roku
linked to: Roku
linked to: Roku
linked to: Roku
linked to: Roku
linked to: Roku
subject linked to:
ET Live (entertainment streaming service)
subject linked to:
Watch TCM app