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Apple TV Sees Impressive Sales Growth in 2015

Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) fourth-gen Apple TV unit sales grew 50% year-over-year (YoY) in 2015, MacRumors reports, citing data shared by Parks Associates. The full-blown OS and Siri integration helped lift sales of Apple TV during the year.

As per the data from Parks Associates, Apple TV ranked as the fourth most popular streaming device in the US, behind Roku, Amazon, and Google. Apple TV accounted for 20% of streaming media devices purchased during 1Q15-1Q16. In contrast, Roku claimed 30%, while Google and Amazon each accounted for 22%.

From the article "Apple TV Sees Impressive Sales Growth in 2015" by Mohid Ahmed.

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