Apple TV will have a version of the App Store that has been a hit on iPhones.
By letting media companies keep control of their content in apps, Apple could find new money-making models while sidestepping worries studios might have about distribution rights.
Amazon also makes a gaming version of its Fire TV box.
According to the research firm Parks Associates: Roku leads the US market with a 37 percent market share, to 19 percent for Google Chromecast and 17 percent for Apple TV. Amazon's Fire TV devices have 14 percent.
From the article "Amazon pulling Chromecast and Apple TV from shelves" by Glenn Chapman.
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