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Amazon crows about topping Apple in streaming video

Amazon.com (AMZN) on Tuesday crowed about topping Apple (AAPL) and Hulu in streaming video usage last month, even though it’s still a distant No. 3 behind market leader Netflix (NFLX) and Google’s (GOOG) YouTube. The Seattle-based e-commerce giant said in a press release that it had passed both Apple (AAPL) and Hulu in streaming video usage. Amazon said video streams on its Prime Instant Video service nearly tripled year over year, citing data from Qwilt, a provider of online video delivery and transparent caching solutions. “We’ve invested hundreds of millions of dollars in great TV shows and movies for Prime members, and it’s working,” said Bill Carr, vice president of digital video and music for Amazon (AMZN) . “As part of their membership, Amazon Prime members can watch their favorite movies and television shows on an unlimited basis, and as we add original content like ‘Alpha House,’ ‘Bosch,’ ‘The After,’ ‘Mozart in the…

Broadcasters’ Show Scouts New Frontiers In TV Viewing

Five years ago when Time Warner Cable (TWC) and Comcast (CMCSA) introduced the sweeping idea of enabling TV Everywhere — viewing on computer screens, mobile phones, tablets or wherever — it perhaps did not seem too apt to require so many details. But this far in, many program providers industrywide are still struggling with just how to best sling video content to your Apple (AAPL) iPad, Google (GOOG) Nexus tablet or an Internet-ready TV — while

Google Seen Adding Wireless Service To Fiber Push

Speculation that Google (GOOG) could add wireless service to areas where it builds out a superfast fiber-optic broadband network has analysts mulling a wide range of options. The Information, a pay-walled website, on Thursday said Google approached Verizon Wireless (VZ) about a wholesale deal. Under one scenario, Google could lease network capacity from Verizon, which has the biggest 4G LTE network, to offer its own services. Over the years,