Amazon, Google End Streaming App War
From the Hell freezes over department: Users of Fire TV adapters and Fire TV televisions will finally be getting access to the YouTube and YouTube Kids streaming apps without having to go to any additional devices or streaming platforms. And turnaround is fair play: users…
First Toshiba Fire TVs Hit Best Buy, Amazon
Best Buy is now selling its first line of Toshiba-branded televisions with a built-in Fire TV operating system. The Toshiba Fire TVs, which are a Best Buy and Amazon exclusive for now, place Amazon’s Fire TV smart TV platform front and center on the user…
Movies Anywhere Launches New Content Locker Service
Walt Disney has brought together five of the six major Hollywood studios to provide a new digital content locker for the ownership and playback of streamed movies accessed through an app called Movies Anywhere. Movies Anywhere, which launched Wednesday night, uses a free app…
Amazon Adds New Affordable 4K Fire TV Adapter With HDR
With news of the new Apple TV 4K adapter out, Amazon formally introduced a new version of its Fire TV media adapter, equipped to stream up to 4K Ultra HD with high dynamic range (HDR). The new Fire TV is set to ship October 25…
NVIDIA Shield TV Package Begins Pre-Orders As Apple TV 4K Arrives
With the new Apple TV 4K announced and on the way Sept. 22, 2017, NVIDIA announced Thursday that it is now taking pre-orders on its latest Shield TV remote-only package at a lower entry price. For the new Shield TV (with remote), which joins the…
Review: Element, Westinghouse Fire TVs Offer Solid Challenge To Roku Models
At CES 2017 last January, Amazon and China-based TV maker Tongfang Global made big news by unveiling the first of what is to become a new class of 4K Ultra HD smart TVs powered by Amazon’s popular Fire TV operating system. Tongfang, which is…
Sling TV Cloud DVR Feature Now Available On Apple TV
Live over-the-top (OTT) streaming service Sling TV said Monday that the cloud DVR service it has made available to Sling TV subscribers using Amazon FireTV, Roku and Android media streaming adapters for the past several weeks is now available for Apple TV users as…
Westinghouse, Element, Seiki Introduce First Integrated Fire TVs With Alexa
The Westinghouse, Element and Seiki TV brands, all from Asian-manufacturer Tong Fang Global, will use CES 2017 to unveil the first 4K Ultra HDTVs to integrate Amazon’s Fire TV OS for smart TV streaming. The arrangement makes Amazon the latest vendor of streaming adapters…
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