American consumers spent $8.7 billion on movies and television shows watched at home in the first quarter, an 11 percent year-on-year gain, according to DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group.
Read More »Sports Dominates Live Streaming
A new report from Parks Associates has found that 43 percent of American internet homes have live-streamed content in the last three months, with sports events more popular than news.
Read More »Horowitz Research: SVOD Sees Declines, AVOD Poised for Gains
The percentage of U.S. consumers subscribing to at least one SVOD service fell from 74 percent last year to 62 percent this year, according to Horowitz Research.
Read More »Charter, Comcast Align for Streaming Service
Charter Communications and Comcast Corporation have established a 50-50 joint venture to develop a next-generation streaming service that will be accessible on a range of devices and smart TVs.
Read More »U.S. Consumers Seek OTT Service Bundles
A new study from Parks Associates has found that almost 60 percent of U.S. OTT subscribers would prefer to bundle their services in order to just receive one bill every month.
Read More »Exclusives, Originals Key to AVOD Growth
The U.S. AVOD services that have made the biggest investments in original content have seen the most significant usage gains, according to a new study by Ampere Analysis.
Read More »Nielsen: Consumers Overwhelmed as Streaming Surges
Almost half of U.S. audiences feel overwhelmed by the abundance of content available to them, Nielsen reveals in its State of Play 2022 report, which also found that the average weekly time consumers spent streaming video rose by 18 percent in the last year.
Read More »32 Million U.S. Homes “Service Hop”
About 36 percent of OTT subscribers in the U.S.—some 32 million households—are "service hoppers," according to new Parks Associates data, canceling and resubscribing to services multiple times.
Read More »NBC Sports, Peacock Retain EPL Rights
NBCUniversal has renewed its deal with the Premier League for another six years, delivering coverage on NBC Sports, Peacock and Telemundo Deportes.
Read More »IATSE Members Ratify New Contract
Members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts (IATSE) narrowly voted to ratify two new contracts with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).
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