Amazon’s TV streaming box to ship with Netflix and Hulu Plus apps — Tech News and Analysis [GigaOM]

Differentiation tbd

"Amazon has been working on a set-top box for a couple of years now, with most of the actual development happening at the company’s secretive Lab126 R&D unit. Lab126 hired a number of people who previously worked on Logitech’s failed Google TV companion box.

Unsurprisingly, Amazon is also using Android as the foundation for its TV streamer. But just like with its Kindle Fire tablet, the TV will also be based on a fork of Android. This makes it unlikely that the device will have a YouTube app."

Amazon’s TV streaming box to ship with Netflix and Hulu Plus apps — Tech News and Analysis