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Why Amazon is banning sales of Apple and Google streaming media boxes

October 01, 2015

Last year, Amazon’s Fire TV, which can use a wired connection, and the Fire TV Stick, which is wireless, became the third-highest selling set-top video streaming boxes, behind offerings by Roku and Google, a report by the market research firm Parks Associates found in August.

From the article "Why Amazon is banning sales of Apple and Google streaming media boxes" by Max Lewontin.

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Why Amazon is banning sales of Apple and Google streaming media boxes

Previously In The News

Industry Voices—A new generation of data and its impact on traditional players

Streaming is heading toward a breaking point with consumers

Comcast is totally okay with you not having an Xfinity set-top box

Apple earnings could offer clues on streaming performance

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