At last tally, Apple ranked fourth behind Roku, Amazon and Google in terms of streaming media player market share in the U.S., according to Park Associates.
In other Apple TV news, SiriumXM just released its own app for the fourth generation and 4K boxes, meaning subscribers to the satellite radio service can sign in to access their favorite stations on their TV sets.
From the article "Streaming TV news: Apple, Amazon and Google can't decide if they're friends or foes" by Jennifer Van Grove.
Analysts say Roku has shown great upside by diversifying its revenue away from chiefly hardware to partnerships and advertising over its platform. "Over the past two-and-a-half years, Roku has expa...
But as it races to keep up with Netflix and Disney, AT&T increasingly has treated the satellite business as something of a relic, akin to rabbit-ear antennas. “They are at a crossroads,” said Steve...
Virtual reality needs its own kind of Web browser because the Web currently is designed for 2D, said Hunter Sappington, a researcher with Parks Associates. "As solutions like Mozilla's become more...
Turning the new Chromecast into a fully fledged Android TV device could also be an important retail addition as Google attempts to cut into the streaming platform lead of Roku (36.9 million active acc...
