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Like the cure for cancer and Mars exploration, video search and discovery is a science that has a long way to develop. But at least in the current state of the art, smart TVs seem to have the edge.

A year ago at CES, tech company showed how users could watch their living-room DVR content in other rooms using popular OTT devices. But the execution has been difficult, company executive concedes

LAS VEGAS — Amazon has announced a major expansion of its Fire TV Edition program, which was introduced three years ago as a means of integrating its OTT ecosystem into smart TVs.

Boasting more than 86 million domestic users, Roku has the leading OTT device ecosystem in the U.S. And it has a lot of ways to monetize that audience base.

Despite fears that online retail monolith could swallow the global TV business in one gulp, company insists its OTT ecosystem remains open to everyone

Agreement ensures streaming platform will be available on second biggest connected TV ecosystem when it debuts next week