Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Editor's Pick: Amazon Sets TV on Fire


Amazon Sets TV on Fire

Richard Adhikari
04/02/14 1:18 PM PT
Amazon just sauntered into the living room, and it appears Roku, Apple TV and Chromecast are in for some tough competition. Cable- and satellite-TV providers perhaps should worry as well. Game console makers also may have cause for some anxiety. Amazon doesn't need to make a lot of money on sales of the hardware -- it's likely to see a healthy boost in the sale of content to stream over the device. [More...]

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