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Roo Group

(RGRP) is in the Technology Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$13.9M
  • Public
  • US
Dow Jones Description

We, through our operating subsidiaries, are a digital media company in the business of providing products and solutions that enable the broadcast of topical video content from our customers' Internet websites. We specialize in providing the technology and content required for video to be played on computers via the Internet as well as emerging broadcasting platforms such as set top boxes and wireless devices (i.e., mobile phones and PDAs). Our core activities include the aggregation of video content, media management, traditional and online advertising, hosting, and content delivery. We also operate a global network of individual destination portals under the brand ROO TV, that enables end users in different regions around the world to view video content over the Internet that is topical, informative, up to date, and specific to the region in which they live. In conjunction with our subsidiaries, we currently service websites based in Europe, Australia, the United States and South Africa.

Chief Executive Officer & Chairman of the Board
Robert Petty
Contact Information

228 East 45th Street

8th Floor

New York, New York 10017

646-320-4394

NAICS Code Other Computer Related Services: 541519

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Lou Kerner Chief Financial Officer
Robin Smyth Executive Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Robert Petty Chief Executive Officer & Chairman of the Board
Doug Chertok Board of Directors

Mr. Petty was appointed Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors on December 3, 2003. Mr. Petty worked in New York in various positions, including Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Avenue Group, Inc. (AVNU,formerly I.T. Technology Inc.) and President of VideoDome.com Networks, Inc., a middleware streaming media service provider. From 1997 to 1999, Mr. Petty was Manager of Electronic Business Services for e-commerce products for Telstra Corporation.

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Mr. Smyth was appointed Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director on December 3, 2003. Since 1998 he was a partner at Infinity International, a consulting and IT recruitment operation. During the period from 1990 to 1998 Mr. Smyth worked for three years as Executive Vice President of Computer Consultants International in the US and for five years in London as Chief Executive Officer of Computer Consultants International's European operations. Mr. Smyth was Secretary and a Director of the All-States group of companies involved in merchant banking operations.

Organization Position Status
Roo Group, Inc. Executive Director Current
Roo Group, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Former

Over the past twenty years Doug has held several roles as an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, operating executive and an attorney within the technology, hospitality and real estate industries. Since the growth of the Internet in the mid-1990s, Doug has spent considerable time in the digital media and marketing industry observing trends and helping companies bridge the gap between the traditional and new media worlds.

Organization Position Status
Roo Group, Inc. Board of Directors Current
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