A 'tiny' new TV smart box from Amazon to compete with Apple TV and Google Chromecast will be available in Bath soon.
Amazon's FireTV allows viewers to stream TV shows and movies from Amazon directly on to their TV and also access other services such as Netflix.
The new box costs around £60 and comes with a game controller for an extra £24 allowing gamers to play games streamed directly onto their TV.
Amazon's Peter Larsen said at the New York launch: "This thing's tiny, it's incredibly powerful and it's unbelievably simple."
The box has a feature called ASAP that builds a list of items you will want to view based on what you are currently watching.
The FireTV also supports Whispersync, enabling users to start watching a programme on the Kindle Fire tablet and then pick it up from the same place on the FireTV.
The launch comes on the same day the company was criticised by Greenpeace for not doing enough to support renewable energy. According to a new report, Amazon Web Services only use renewable energy sources for 15 per cent of its generated power.
Nancy Connolly
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