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Thanks to the popularity of Apple TV devices, Apple has moved into the number three spot based on revenue in the overall global set-top box market, according to IHS. The company moved up to number three in 2015 from ninth place in 2014.

A new report from IHS points to a correlation between Netflix's launch in a market and a reduction in consumer spending on buying and renting movies and TV series on disc. Consumers spent $20.9 billion buying and renting movies and TV content in the U.S. in 2006, the report observes. By last year, total spending on this segment was down by 17 percent to $17.3 billion.

A new report from IHS finds that integrating Netflix into traditional pay-TV services has had a net positive impact on these operators’ performance. Netflix has partnerships in place with 25 pay-TV providers, according to IHS, with many more likely to follow after its expansion into 130 new territories last month.

By 2019, more than 50 percent of TV households in Japan, the U.S., the U.K., France and Germany will have smart TVs, according to IHS. The IHS TV Sets Intelligence Service report finds that smart TV household penetration in Japan has already reached 50 percent and will rise to 63 percent in 2019, followed by the U.S. at 57 percent.