Rooster Teeth

Rooster Teeth Productions, LLC
Rooster Teeth
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryEntertainment
FoundedApril 1, 2003; 21 years ago (2003-04-01)
Founders
DefunctMay 15, 2024; 6 months ago (2024-05-15)
FateClosed
HeadquartersAustin Studios,
Austin, Texas
,
U.S.
Number of locations
8 (2018)[1]
Key people
  • Jordan Levin (general manager)
  • Matt Hullum
    (chief content officer)
  • Geoff Ramsey (executive creative director)
  • Barbara Dunkelman (creative director)
Number of employees
~150 (March 2024)[2]
Parent
Warner Bros. Discovery Global Streaming & Interactive Entertainment
Divisions
WebsiteArchived official website at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
Roost Podcast Network

Rooster Teeth Productions, LLC was an American entertainment 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 was a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery Global Streaming & Interactive Entertainment, which is a division of Warner Bros. Discovery.

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.[citation needed] Due to server and web hosting costs, the founders created "Sponsorships" which later became "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 included 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 hosted an annual convention, RTX between 2011-2023, in Austin, Texas, and formerly also in Sydney and London.[5]

The company's videos were regularly released on its own website and app while podcasts and Let's Plays were published 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]

  1. ^ "'Red vs. Blue' Producer Rooster Teeth Opens Up in London (Exclusive)". Variety. April 23, 2018. Archived from the original on June 14, 2018. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
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  4. ^ Francisco, Eric (April 11, 2017). "How 'Red vs. Blue' Built an Empire and Invented a Whole Genre". Inverse. Archived from the original on April 13, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  5. ^ Walker, Alex (August 15, 2018). "RTX Sydney Will Be Replaced With Three 'Stage Shows' From 2019". Kotaku. Archived from the original on August 15, 2018. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  6. ^ "RoosterTeeth -YouTube". YouTube. Archived from the original on May 27, 2015. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  7. ^ Spangler, Todd (September 12, 2019). "WarnerMedia's Rooster Teeth Cuts 13% of Staff, Laying Off About 50". Variety. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  8. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (March 6, 2024). "Rooster Teeth Shut Down By Warner Bros. Discovery, The Roost Podcast Network To Continue". Deadline. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
  9. ^ "Chelsea – Post – Rooster Teeth".