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Amazon’s Fire TV Box: No-Brainer Strategy, But Will It Light Up Retailer’s Revenue?

April 01, 2014

Amazon wants to have the best-in-class Internet-video device in a crowded category. The real money, however, isn’t in consumer electronics but in providing a portal to the broader e-commerce catalog, said John Barrett, director of consumer analytics at Parks Associates.

“Amazon sells everything,” Barrett said. “The core features of Fire TV are the media features, but I’d be shocked if we didn’t see e-commerce make it to the device.”

Added Barrett, “Their interest at the end of the day is not be Netflix. It’s to be Amazon.”

From the article, "Amazon’s Fire TV Box: No-Brainer Strategy, But Will It Light Up Retailer’s Revenue?" by Todd Spangler.

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