Despite Apple TV being on the market longer than the Chromecast, new figures show that the Google product has 20pc of the market cornered compared with Apple TV at 17pc, and yet, both pale in comparison to the Roku streaming stick which has 29pc of the US marketshare.
Meanwhile, newcomers Amazon and their Fire TV stick is gathering pace claiming 10pc of the market leaving almost a quarter of the market left to various other streaming devices.
Parks Associates, who undertook the research, estimates that by 2017, there will be approximately 50m streaming devices worldwide.
From the article "Week in gadgets: Rise of tech DIY with home brewer and genetics kit" by Colm Gorey.
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