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Amazon Prime Video app launches on Sky and NOW TV
December 14, 2020 | David FarnorThe Amazon Prime Video app is now available on Sky and NOW devices across the UK.
From today, the streaming app has landed on Sky Q, Sky Ticket and NOW devices, as part of a new agreement between the long-standing … Read More
BritBox arrives on Amazon Fire TV
February 29, 2020 | David FarnorBritBox is now available on Amazon Fire TV devices.
A joint venture between the BBC and ITV, the subscription platform brings together British TV box sets from recent years and decades past, with ITV, the Beeb and Channel 5 all … Read More
Prime Video comes to Chromecast as YouTube returns to Fire TV
April 18, 2019 | David FarnorAmazon Prime Video is officially coming to Chromecast this year, as Amazon and Google mend the relationships between their respective streaming services and platforms.
Rivals in both programming and hardware, things have been tense between them before now, with Amazon … Read More
Amazon Fire TV adds far-field voice control
February 27, 2018 | David FarnorAmazon Fire TV has become the first device to support far-field voice control, using Amazon’s Alexa to allow users to interact with their streaming device.
By pairing Fire TV with any Amazon Echo device, users can now ask Alexa to … Read More
Amazon Fire TV adds web browsing
December 21, 2017 | David FarnorAmazon Fire TV has added web browsing support to all of its devices.
In a move that will please anyone currently living 10 years ago, Mozilla Firefox and Amazon Silk browsers have officially launched on Fire TV sticks and boxes … Read More
UKTV Play adds voice search support on Amazon Fire TV
November 27, 2017 | David FarnorUKTV has become the first broadcaster in the UK with voice-activated universal search on Amazon Fire TV.
Viewers can now search for shows from UKTV by speaking into their Amazon Fire TV Stick, and once they’ve found what they’re looking … Read More
Amazon launches new 4K Fire TV
September 28, 2017 | David FarnorAmazon has introduced its new Fire TV box, with 4K and High Dynamic Range (HDR).
Faster than the best-selling Fire TV Stick, the upgraded device is 40 per cent more powerful, with a 1.5 Ghz quad-core processor, 2GB of memory … Read More
Shudder UK now available on Fire TV
July 8, 2017 | David FarnorGood news, horror fans: Shudder is now available on Fire TV.
The subscription streaming service, which is backed by AMC, launched in the UK last year, with a catalogue of horror films and genre flicks all available on-demand.
Amazon launches new Fire TV Stick with Alexa
February 21, 2017 | David FarnorAmazon has unveiled an all-new Fire TV Stick complete with Alexa Voice Remote.
30 per cent faster than the previous best-selling version, the souped-up Fire TV Stick boasts a redesigned interface that makes finding what to watch easier and more … Read More
Amazon upgrades Fire TV interface
December 19, 2016 | David FarnorAmazon has upgraded its Fire TV box with a slick new interface.
The update for the Fire TV with 4K UHD box presents users with a completely redesigned interface that makes finding what to watch next fast, easy and enjoyable. … Read More