IMac, Airport Express, Roku-2 player. Help!

Hello,
Let me start by saying I don't know anything about Networking at all.
I have an iMac with Arport Express built in. 
I have a Roku-2 XS player I want to stream video from the internet in another room where the Roku-2 will be.
I have an Apple Airport Express base station.
I have a Motorola SB6120 SURFboard DOCSIS 3.0 eXtreme Broadband Cable Modem.
How can I hook all this together.
Do I connect the base station to my Modem and then stream from the base station/modem combo to my iMac via it's built in airport and also out to my Roku-2 player?
Or do I set up the Apple Express base next to the Roku-2 in anpother room and then streem from my iMac Airport Exress to the base station and then into the Roku (either wirelss or wired)?  
Thanks in advance.

Thanks.
The Roku is like any other wireless device I guess and it should be very simple to set up but it's just that I know absolutely nothing about networking and wireless devices other than my daughters iPad and her Touch.   Those two devices  connet to the internet through my iMac's airport Exptreme card.    Since I have no experience with Wi-Fi other than Apples iPad and Touch I always thaought my Mac's built in Aiport Exptreme was some sort of router than could access non apple devices should I ever get one.
I have been told I nned some sort of wireless router to do the trick.   I grabbed the Apple Airport Express in the hopes that this would do the trick but I have no ide where to start.  It seems all the info I've read seems to start with the basic premise that you know some basics about Wirless.
So I have the stuff I've listed above but I'm not sure of the configuration.  I do not understand making a new network. I'm totally a newb.

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