Rooster Teeth

Method

Burnie Burns, Matt Hullum, Geoff Ramsey, Gus Sorola, Jason Saldaña and Joel Heyman start Rooster Teeth in Austin on April 1, 2003 with Red vs. Blue, a Halo machinima paid for by DVD sales and a subscription later called FIRST. It grows into Achievement Hunter, RWBY, RTX from 2011 and Funhaus, hired from Machinima in 2015. Fullscreen buys it in November 2014 for an undisclosed sum, passing it to Otter Media, AT&T and Warner Bros. Discovery. WBD announces the closure on March 6, 2024, with about 150 employees losing jobs and operations ending May 15; The Roost podcast network goes to Night and RWBY to Viz Media in July 2024. Burns' Box Canyon Productions buys the brand and remaining assets on February 5, 2025 and relaunches the site on August 7, 2025 with new shows. The rung that breaks is a conglomerate parent measuring a subscription studio against streaming scale.

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The path: money and goods moving

• spawnedAchievement HunterAchievement Hunter starts inside Rooster Teeth on July 6, 2008 and closes as a brand on October 1, 2023, seven months before the parent.2008 to 2023
• paid byTexas Moving Image Industry Incentive ProgramThe state ledger records five grants to Rooster Teeth Productions totaling about $605,000 against roughly $6.7 million of Texas spend, from Red vs Blue Season 10 in 2013 to RWBY Volume 7 in July 2021.2013 to 2021
• acquired byFullscreenFullscreen buys Rooster Teeth in November 2014 for an undisclosed sum.2014
• came out ofMachinimaThe Inside Gaming team leaves Machinima in January 2015 and becomes Funhaus inside Rooster Teeth.2015
• acquired byOtter MediaRooster Teeth is consolidated directly under Otter Media in 2018 alongside Crunchyroll before Otter dissolves into WarnerMedia in May 2019.2018 to 2019
• spawnedThe Roost Podcast NetworkThe Roost is the podcast network spun out of Rooster Teeth and sold separately when WBD closes the studio in 2024. (partly verified)2020
• acquired byWarner Bros. DiscoveryRooster Teeth passes to Warner Bros. Discovery in the April 2022 merger, which closes it in March 2024 with about 150 layoffs.2022 to 2024
• spawnedBox Canyon ProductionsRooster Teeth co founder Burnie Burns forms Box Canyon Productions after leaving the company. (partly verified)2023
• acquired byViz MediaViz Media announces on July 5, 2024 that it has acquired the RWBY franchise from Warner Bros. Discovery after Rooster Teeth's closure and will explore new chapters.2024
• spawnedNightThe Roost podcast network transfers from Rooster Teeth to Night in April 2024.2024
• spawnedParty Up Media (Death Battle)Death Battle's producers acquire the series from Rooster Teeth's wind down and form Party Up Media in 2024.2024
• acquired byBox Canyon ProductionsBurnie Burns's Box Canyon Productions acquires the Rooster Teeth brand, YouTube channels and library from Warner Bros. Discovery on February 5, 2025, with terms undisclosed, and relaunches the site August 7, 2025.2025

Representation, events, tools

• atRTXRooster Teeth hosts its RTX convention in Austin every year from 2011 to 2023.2011 to 2023
• atRooster Teeth Stage 5, Austin StudiosRooster Teeth occupies Stage 5 at Austin Studios from 2014 until its closure on May 15, 2024.2014 to 2024
• representsKinda FunnyKinda Funny joins Rooster Teeth's Let's Play network on March 30, 2016 for merchandise and events.2016