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Amazon launches a new slimmer Fire TV Stick HD, a Freely Ember Artline TV, new FAST channels, and confirms the new Fire TV UI is coming to the UK
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Streaming device deals are back for Easter, with cuts on Fire TV, Roku sticks, the Google TV Streamer and the Netgem Pleio Freely box
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Amazon’s ad-free Prime Video add-on is getting a major price increase in the US, with 4K also moving behind a paywall. The UK could follow soon