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Amazon Prime Video App Launches on Apple TV (slashdot.org)

Posted by msmash on from the burying-the-hatchet dept.

Six months after Apple chief executive Tim Cook said Amazon's Prime Video service would be coming to Apple TV, the much anticipated on-demand video streaming service has arrived on tvOS. Similar to other versions of Amazon Prime Video, the Apple TV app allows Prime subscribers to sign into their accounts and watch Amazon Prime exclusive TV series, as well as browse a collection of movies.

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  1. Roku in Canada by smallmj · · Score: 2

    And yet we still can't watch Amazon Prime Video on the Roku in Canada, even though the service launched about a year ago.

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    1. Re:Roku in Canada by Dare978Devil · · Score: 3, Informative

      Interesting. Am in Canada, and I think Prime is great. Recent shows I have watched; Bosch, Mr. Robot, American Gods, Night Manager, Man in High Castle, and Preacher. All great shows, and none looked CATRS.

  2. Re:Oh boy... by mccalli · · Score: 5, Informative

    But...using two devices to get to your films is a pain. I have iTunes-bought stuff, I have a Fire stick, and I have ripped stuff. I just wanted one device to access all three - previously couldn't get that, now I can.

  3. Re:Oh boy... by cirby · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Apple has sold something like 25 million AppleTVs.

    Odds are pretty good that a lot of those people have Amazon Prime, too.

  4. Re:Oh boy... by SuperKendall · · Score: 2

    Most people who have Amazon Prime probably access the content using an Amazon device like FireTV.

    Who wants yet another device and remote? I would say some do, but MOST?

    It's a great little device and is priced a LOT lower than Apple TV.

    It has also fewer and less interesting apps than the AppleTV has.

    Plus, you don't have to go through the pain that is iTunes.

    Which is not a thing on the AppleTV either.

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