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Amazon intros 4K Ultra HD Fire TV STB and Fire TV Stick with Voice Remote

by Tom Allen

30386Last year, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) introduced the first Amazon Fire TV, combining voice search that actually works, fast and powerful performance, and an open ecosystem to deliver the easiest way to watch Netflix, Amazon …

Tags:Amazon| STBs| UltraHD (4KTV)

Amazon Encourages Tablet Bulk-Buying

by Tom Allen

Although it got the size wrong, the Wall Street Journal was correct in the pricing of Amazon’s newest tablet ($50 Tablet Incoming From Amazon). The 7″ Amazon Fire is a very low-cost model – …

Tags:Amazon| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 38

UltraHD for $100 With Amazon

by Tom Allen

Amazon has been active in the TV STB/dongle space for more than a year now, and is stepping up its game to challenge the new Apple TV. The company’s newest Fire TV STB not …

Amazon to Acquire Elemental Technologies

by Helen Vince

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has reached an agreement to acquire Elemental Technologies, a US-based supplier of software-defined video solutions for multiscreen content delivery. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to AWS, …

IFA 2015 Roundup

by Tom Allen

Amazon introduced UltraHD HDR content streaming earlier in the year (High Dynamic Range Coming to Amazon Prime Instant Video This Year), but it was only available to customers using Samsung’s SUHD TVs. Now, the …

LG Teams with Amazon to Offer Streaming HDR on WebOS Smart TV Platform

by Milos Pavlovic

LG Electronics today announced the launch of High Dynamic Range (HDR) streaming on 2015 LG OLED 4K TVs, allowing consumers to enjoy exceptional HDR picture quality streaming directly via the Amazon Video app, available …

Tags:Amazon| HDR - High Dynamic Range| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLEDs| UltraHD (4KTV)

Leading Companies Collaborate to Avoid Codec Fees

by Tom Allen

Seven companies have come together to form the Alliance for Open Media: a body that intends to ‘address marketplace demand for an open standard for video compression and delivery over the Internet’. The founding …

Alliance for Open Media Established to Deliver Next-Generation Open Media Formats

by Tom Allen

Seven leading Internet companies today announced formation of the Alliance for Open Media – an open-source project that will develop next-generation media formats, codecs and technologies in the public interest. The Alliance’s founding members …

Sling TV Launches on Amazon Fire Tablets

by Helen Vince

Sling TV released its app for Amazon Fire HD and HDX tablets, rounding out its live Internet TV offering on Fire devices, including Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. Amazon Fire HD and …

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Amazon Result 23/07/15

by Yvette Raikes

Amazon.com Inc. saw Q2 net profits of $92 million, compared with losses in the same period last year of $126 million, on revenue which rose to $23.2 billion from $19.3 billion. For the six …

Tags:Amazon| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 31

Amazon’s Fling SDK Enables Second Screen Experiences

by Tom Allen

To promote its Fire TV STB, Amazon has introduced a new service called Amazon Fling. The SDK enables users to send video, audio and images from iOS and Android apps to the Amazon Fire …

Amazon Beats Netflix to HDR Punch

by Tom Allen

Amazon is now streaming HDR content on its Prime VoD service in the USA. Plans were announced at NAB this year (Amazon to Offer HDR Content). Currently, content availability is limited to Samsung’s SUHD …