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Amazon’s NFL Thursday Night Football streaming win accelerates its live sports strategy 11 May 2017
Amazon beat Twitter on a deal to obtain streaming rights for 10 of the NFL’s Thursday Night Football games for the 2017 season, which is indicative of how valuable the Company considers offering live sports. Amazon reportedly paid $50 million … Continue reading
Millennials prefer On-Demand, Not live linear OTT 18 April 2017
According to a recent Bernstein Research focus group study, Millennials aren’t that much interested in OTT services, ones that offer live linear TV programming, they prefer more “on-demand” stuff, especially the Millennials in urban, digital-savvy market. Bernstein’s San Francisco focus … Continue reading
74% of U.S. homes have pay-TV, because it is bundled with broadband 11 April 2017
According to a latest Deloitte survey, around three-fourth of U.S. consumers subscribe to traditional pay-TV services, and two-third of those homes do it because the online video products are bundled with their broadband service. The survey also found out that … Continue reading
OTT Viewing Climbs, Pay TV Usage Drops 10 April 2017
According to the Pivotal Research Group, the total traditional TV usage was down 4.2% on a day basis among users aged 18-49, with English-language broadcast networks losing 10.3%. The report also found out that the usage of connected TVs is … Continue reading
North America Pay-TV subs to fall by 10 million 2012-2022 28 March 2017
According to a Digital TV Research, the US and Canadian Pay TV markets are set to headwinds as the industry is hit by subscribers dropping services and a rise in on-pay homes. The research stated that Pay TV subs in North … Continue reading
Cord-cutting in Canada is at record levels 24 March 2017
According to a a latest research from Boon Dog, Canada’s publicly trading television service providers on a whole continued to lose a record number of TV subscribers in 2016. The research stated that the big traditional TV service providers lost … Continue reading
20% US pay-TV subs are dissatisfied with their service 21 March 2017
According to a recent Parks Associates research, 20 % of US pay-TV subscribers say that they are dissatisfied with their pay-TV service, representing a 100 % increase since early 2013. One other report stataed that one third of pay TV subscribers are … Continue reading
84% of consumers would ditch digital pay TV due to poor customer service 30 January 2017
According to a new consumer survey by PayWizard, some 84% of consumers are most likely to ditch their digital pay TV provider if the service or support becomes poor. The survey said that the popularity of OTT services such as … Continue reading
Pay TV Enters a Period of Slow Growth 21 December 2016
According to a recent study based on the examination of 100 top global pay-TV providers, The Pay TV market has shown a total quarterly increase of 3.45 million subs, up by 0.80% during third quarter of 2016. The survey showed that … Continue reading
Half a Million have Cut Cords in US in Q3 16 November 2016
According to a recent research from MoffettNathanson, the net subscriber loss for the traditional pay TV in Q3 this year is down by 486,000 subscribers, which is quite same as the last year at 432,000 subs, leaving a 1.4% rate of decline. Cable TV … Continue reading
