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February 10, 2021 Analysis, Top Stories

Parks Associates: Live Sports Key to Pay-TV Sub Retention

February 10, 2021

New data from Parks Associates indicates that 55 percent of pay-TV homes in the U.S. rank live sports as a key reason for retaining their pay-TV services.

December 17, 2020 Analysis, Top Stories

Parks Associates Charts Strong OTT Trial Conversion Rates

December 17, 2020

Some 40 percent of U.S. broadband homes used a free trial of at least one OTT service amid the pandemic, per Parks Associates, with almost 70 percent of those signing up for a subscription.

December 16, 2020 Analysis, Top Stories

Average U.S. Streaming Consumer Uses Seven Content Services

December 16, 2020

The NPD Group’s new TV Switching Study reports that the average U.S. streaming consumer is now using seven services to access content, up from five in April 2020.

December 14, 2020 Analysis, Top Stories

Demand for First-Run Movies Online On the Rise

December 14, 2020

New data from Parks Associates indicates that 25 percent of U.S. broadband homes prefer using an OTT service to watch new films, while 24 percent would rather see them in movie theaters first.

November 25, 2020 Analysis, Top Stories

SVOD Stacking on the Rise

November 25, 2020

New research from Parks Associates has found that in the third quarter, 61 percent of U.S. broadband homes used two or more OTT services, up from 48 percent in the previous year, while 45 percent had three or more, up from 27 percent.

November 20, 2020 Top Stories

Nick at Nite Scores New Friends Deal

November 20, 2020

Nickelodeon has sealed a deal to continue airing Warner Bros. Television's Friends during its Nick at Nite block.

November 19, 2020 Top Stories

Fuse Media CEO Leads Management Buyout

November 19, 2020

Fuse Media CEO Miguel “Mike” Roggero has led a management buyout of the cross-platform entertainment brand focused on delivering English-language content for Latino, multicultural millennial and Gen Z audiences.

November 19, 2020 Analysis, Top Stories

HBO Max, Apple TV+ Join U.S. SVOD Top Ten

November 19, 2020

Parks Associates' latest ranking of the top ten SVOD services in the U.S. has been released, with new entrants HBO Max and Apple TV+ making the cut—while the "big three" of Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu remain at the top of the list.

November 19, 2020 Top Stories

Cybill Shepherd to Star in Showtime Pilot

November 19, 2020

Cybill Shepherd has signed on to star in Showtime's half-hour comedy pilot I Love This for You (formerly known as Big Deal).

November 18, 2020 Analysis, Top Stories

U.S. Pay-TV Losses Slow

November 18, 2020

The largest pay-TV providers in the U.S. lost about 120,000 net video subs in Q3 of this year, drastically lower than the 945,000 customers lost in the third quarter of last year, according to Leichtman Research Group, thanks to gains at vMVPD services.

Mansha Daswani