IP Set-Top Boxes
Parks: Account Sharing A Problem For OTT Video Services
Dallas – A total of 57 percent of broadband households access OTT video-subscriptions services, but the numbers are as high as they are in...
Amazon
news
Walmart Launching Three-Day Shipping Service
San Bruno, Calif. – Walmart will begin testing a three-day shipping service for online purchases this summer. The program will cost customers $50 a...
news
Amazon To Open 2nd New Jersey Distribution Center
Carteret, N.J. — Amazon.com has confirmed plans to open its second New Jersey distribution center (DC) in the town of Carteret. The new 1...
post-type
Prime Instant Video Takes Flight: Amazon and JetBlue to Bring an Unmatched Entertainment Experience to the Sky
SEATTLE– Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and JetBlue (NASDAQ:JBLU) today announced that they will bring unlimited, on-demand entertainment to airline travel later this year through JetBlue’s free...
CES-2016
Sony 4K TVs Get Android TV, Expanded Color Gamut
NEW YORK – Sony will expand its selection of Ultra HD TVs with the shipment of new 43- to 85-inch 4K LED LCD TVs,...
post-type
ACEMILE’S NEW THEATRE BOX® AVAILABLE IN THE AMAZON EXCLUSIVES STORE
SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 30, 2015 – ACEMILE, a leading smart consumer electronics and Internet of Things technology company, is joining Amazon and its Amazon...
post-type
Amazon Business Ignites More B2B Customers for Sellers
SEATTLE– Amazon today introduced Amazon Business (www.amazon.com/business), a new marketplace on Amazon.com. Sellers have the opportunity to grow their sales by reaching millions of...
news
Amazon Remains Low-Price Leader In CE: Report
Ottawa, Canada – A report by market research firm 360pi confirms that Amazon.com remains the low-price leader in consumer electronics, and it advises CE...
Financial
Amazon Investments Lead To Q1 Loss
Seattle – Amazon.com’s see-saw financials returned to the red in the first quarter as stepped up investments in fulfillment, marketing, technology and content dragged...
news
HDR Coming To Amazon Prime Video
Seattle – Amazon will bring High Dynamic Range (HDR) video to its Amazon Prime Instant Video streaming service sometime in 2015, the company announced....
news
Amazon, Vendors Collaborate On IoT Replenishment
SEATTLE –Amazon.com is trialing an automatic product-replenishment program with Whirlpool, Brother and other vendors that can sense when supplies are low, or allow customers...
news
Cricket Expanding Distribution To Amazon
Atlanta – AT&T prepaid subsidiary Cricket Wireless continues to move ahead with plans to become a national presence, announcing that it will make its...
news
Amazon Adds Home Services Store
Seattle – Amazon.com has formally launched a vast menu of outsourced home services that includes home theater installation, IT support, and CE and majap...
news
Amazon Adds Dallas To Prime Now
Seattle — Just one week after Amazon said it will bring its one-hour delivery service to Baltimore and Miami, the e-tailer added a new...
news
Amazon Adds Fire TV, Stick Features
Seattle — Amazon is beefing up the features on its Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. The new features, which will be delivered via...
news
Amazon Grows Prime Now 1-Hour Delivery Service
Seattle — Amazon announced it is expanding its one-hour delivery service, known as Prime Now, to Baltimore and Miami. The service, which has been...
Blogs
Amazon Woos Start-Ups With Dedicated Site
Start-ups now have their own dedicated space on Amazon — provided they’re willing to be exclusive to the e-tailer. As the name indicates, Amazon...
news
Amazon Tops Apple Among Tablet/Computer Makers
Waban, Mass. — Amazon beat Apple in offering the best customer experience among tablet and computers makers in the U.S., a consumer survey by...
IP Set-Top Boxes
Fire TV Gets Sling TV Service
Seattle – Amazon added Dish’s Sling TV Internet-based TV app to the selection of apps and games available through the $99 Fire TV settop...
news
Amazon Mulling RadioShack Stores: Report
Fort Worth, Texas – Amazon.com may be looking to pick up some RadioShack locations for use as showrooms and fulfillment centers, according to published...
Financial
Amazon Q4: Sales Up, Profits Down
Seattle – Amazon.com reported a 15 percent increase in net sales, to $29.3 billion, and a 10.5 percent decline in earnings, to $214 million,...
news
Amazon To Collect Sales Tax In Illinois
Chicago — Illinois will become the 24th state in which Amazon.com collects sales tax beginning next month. According to the Chicago Tribune, all out-of-state-based...
news
Vudu Rolling Out Spark Dongle
Santa Clara, Calif. — Wal-Mart’s streaming-movie service Vudu has started a soft launch of a TV dongle called Spark that can link non-smart TVs...
news
Amazon Tops In Customer Satisfaction: Study
ANN ARBOR, MICH. — The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) has completed its year-end list of mostand least-beloved companies, based on interviews with over...
Blogs
How To Win Amazon’s Buy Box In The Age Of Mobile
Mobile is where it’s at. Over the 2014 Holiday season nearly 60 percent of Amazon customers shopped using a mobile device. On Cyber Monday...
news
Holiday M-Commerce Hits 60% At Amazon
Seattle — Early holiday reports of increased mobile shopping were confirmed last week by e-commerce king Amazon.com. On the day after Christmas the No....
news
Amazon Begins One-Hour Deliveries In Manhattan
New York — Amazon.com has taken online fulfillment to the next level. The No. 1 e-tailer has begun providing one- or two-hour deliveries of...
Blogs
OTT Streamers Deliver The Yuletide Shmeer
Just eight days until Christmas and the streaming TV market continues to heat up with enough channels, offers and capabilities to make a cable...
Industry
Jeff Bezos: Another Busy Year For Amazon’s Chief Exec
Between delivery drones, warehouse robots and his purchase of the Washington Post, Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos made more headlines than usual this...
news
Amazon Begins 4K Streaming
Updated! Seattle — Amazon.com has begun offering video content in 4K resolution. The higher standard is initially available for a handful of films from...
news
Amazon Cites BF Wins On Kindle, Fire Devices
Seattle — Amazon reported that its Black Friday online sales of Kindle e-readers and Fire tablets grew significantly year over year, and it announced...
news
Amazon’s Wearables Business Triples From April
SEATTLE — Wearables is becoming big business at Amazon.com. The world’s largest e-tailer said the category is quickly becoming one of its most popular,...
news
Amazon Begins Black Friday Sales Tomorrow
Seattle – The Friday before Black Friday has become the new Black Friday. Two days after Walmart announced plans to begin its holiday sales...
news
Amazon’s Wearables Biz Triples From April
Seattle — Wearables is becoming big business at Amazon.com. The world’s largest e-tailer said the category is quickly becoming one of its most popular,...
E-Readers
Amazon Updates Kindle E-Readers
Seattle — Amazon said it is preparing to deliver a software update for Kindle e-readers adding exclusive features and improvements, including Word Wise and...
news
Amazon Won’t Charge Extra For 4K Prime
Seattle — Amazon made a statement of support for the 4K Ultra HD format Wednesday by saying it will not charge Prime members extra...
news
Amazon Posts CE Holiday Gift Guide
Seattle — Amazon.com has released its annual Electronics Holiday Gift Guide, which features a curated list of over 500 “top electronics gifts” and three...
Blogs
Amazon’s Buy Box: The $80 Billion Button
E-commerce analysts are predicting that Amazon.com will make over $120 billion in revenue this year. Of that, between $40 billion and $50 billion will...
news
Survey: Amazon Rises To Top In Tablet Satisfaction
Westlake Village, Calif. – Amazon ranked highest in overall satisfaction for the first time in J.D. Power U.S. tablet satisfaction study, edging out Apple...
news
Staples Helps Amazon Launch Fire TV Stick
Framingham, Mass. — Amazon’s new Fire TV Stick is getting additional sales support from a seemingly unlikely ally: Staples. The office-supply giant said Monday...
IP Set-Top Boxes
Amazon Unveils Fire TV Stick
Seattle — Enjoying strong interest in its Fire TV platform, Amazon wasted little time in rolling out the second iteration of the device Monday...