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Roku's New Streaming Media Players Support 4K And HDR Video

However at least two research firms have reported that Roku is leading the race in the OTT market: Parks Associates said earlier this year that Roku accounted for 30 percent of streaming media players purchased in the US from the first quarter of 2015 to the same quarter this year; while comScore recently reported that Roku has 49 percent of household market share, with Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, and Google's Chromecast making up the share of the rest.

From the article "Roku's New Streaming Media Players Support 4K And HDR Video" by Lauren Goode.

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