Rooster Teeth
Rooster Teeth Productions, LLC is an American internet media and production company headquartered in Austin, Texas. Founded in 2003 by Burnie Burns, Matt Hullum, Geoff Ramsey, Jason Saldaña, Gus Sorola, and Joel Heyman,[4] Rooster Teeth is a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery Global Streaming & Interactive Entertainment which is a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery.
Rooster Teeth
April 1, 2003
8 (2018)[1]
- Jordan Levin (general manager)
- Matt Hullum
(chief content officer) - Geoff Ramsey (executive creative director)
- Barbara Dunkelman (creative director)
~150 (March 2024)[2]
- Rooster Teeth Animation
- Rooster Teeth Games
- Rooster Teeth Studios[3]
- The Roost Podcast Network
Rooster Teeth's first production was Red vs. Blue, which premiered in April 2003; it is the third longest-running episodic web series of all time. Due to server and web hosting costs, the founders created "Sponsorships" which is now known as "FIRST", a subscription to exclusive and earlier access to content and discounts on their merchandise store, among other benefits. The company later branched out into live-action shorts, series, comedy, Let's Play videos, and full animated productions. Other projects include reality shows, video game development, entertainment news programs, and podcasts. In 2015, Rooster Teeth released its feature-film debut Lazer Team, a science-fiction action comedy. The company hosts an annual convention, RTX, in Austin, Texas, and formerly also in Sydney and London.[5]
The company's videos are regularly released on its own website and app while podcasts and Let's Plays are still released on their YouTube channel as well. As of September 2021, Rooster Teeth's primary YouTube channel has 9.18 million subscribers and has over 6 billion video views.[6] Including all of their other channels, they maintain over 45 million subscribers.[7]
On March 6, 2024, Rooster Teeth announced that the company would shut down.[8] On April 15, 2024, Rooster Teeth announced that both the FIRST program and their website and apps would shut down on May 15, 2024.[9]
Productions
Rooster Teeth Animation
Rooster Teeth Animation is a division of Rooster Teeth that was founded in 2014, with Gray Haddock as the former head of the department.[52] On December 13, 2019, it was announced that Joe Clary and Sean Hinz were promoted to co-heads of the department to replace Haddock.[53]
