Numbers don’t lie: Roku’s streaming spats have given Amazon the edge
For a long time, we’ve thought ofRokuas the streaming media king. Not just because its software is so easy to use and its devices so affordable, but also because of its popularity — the company has traditionally enjoyed a much larger share of the streaming market than its competitors. But it looks like the company’s contentious relationships with some of the biggest names in streamed entertainment may be hurting that reputation: Amazon has just announced that its Fire TV platform has hit 50 million monthly active users on its devices globally, a number that comfortably edges out Roku, whichreported 46 million monthly active users in November....