Digital Media Bytes

A periodic roundup of relevant news…

• Live television headed to Amazon Fire TV.
• Microsoft prepping a Roku-fighting Xbox streamer?
• Xiaomi to launch 4K Android TV in US as Google discontinues Nexus Player and Nvidia Shield sees nice updates.
• Both Apple and Google are developing Amazon Echo voice control home companion competitors.
• DISH HopperGO sidecar now available to offload Hopper DVR recordings onto portable hard drive that can stream to other devices.
• I’m checking out GlassWire as a Little Snitch equivalent on Windows to identify and block unwelcome outgoing connections.