Amazon reportedly beats Apple TV in 2014 as streaming video gets serious<article>
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<p>Amazon’s decision to enter the media streamer business has paid off, according to a study from Parks Associates.</p><p>The research firm found that Amazon’s
Fire TV and
Fire TV Stick took third place in U.S. device shipments last year, overtaking Apple TV. Still,
Roku held onto its lead from 2013, with 34 percent of shipments, while
Google’s Chromecast remained in second place with 23 percent. Parks Associates says that nearly 20 percent of U.S. homes now own at least one streaming set-top box, while 8 percent own a stick-sized device such as Fire TV Stick, Chromecast, or Roku Streaming Stick.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2974519/streaming-hardware/amazon-reportedly-beats-apple-tv-in-2014-as-streaming-video-gets-serious.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Amazon reportedly beats Apple TV in 2014 as streaming video gets serious
