Analysis

Two new reports from Parks Associates shed light on the current streaming landscape in the U.S., where 70 percent of broadband households own at least one streaming video product connected to the internet.

IMDbPro data on the page views of more than 200 million monthly visitors to IMDb shows Dune is the top movie of 2021 and WandaVision has the top spot for TV series.

Leichtman Research Group (LRG) is reporting that the largest pay-TV providers in the U.S. lost about 650,000 net video subscribers in Q3 2021, compared to a pro forma net loss of around 90,000 in the year-ago period.

Hub has released its Conquering Content study, which tracks how consumers discover TV content and the platforms they use to watch newly discovered shows and movies.

New data from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) indicates that 71 percent of U.S. TV homes still subscribe to some form of live pay-TV service, down from 82 percent five years ago.

Deloitte's latest Digital Media Trends survey has found that while consumers are still spending more time at home due to Covid-19 concerns, on-demand content platforms are facing significant competition from other online entertainment options, including social media and gaming.

Video cord-cutting is expected to cost the traditional U.S. multichannel services nearly $33.6 billion in annual revenue in the next five years, according to Kagan.

Time spent watching TV shows and movies in the U.S. in the first half of 2021 increased 4 percent over the previous year, according to The NPD Group, as screen-entertainment spending declined by 1 percent.

A new study from Digital TV Research projects that the number of SVOD subscriptions in the U.S. for services delivering movies, linear channels and TV episodes will hit 450 million in 2026, a 33 percent increase from the end of this year.

HBO Max, Netflix, Hulu and Disney+ lost a combined $80.2 million in April 2021 due to subscriber churn, according to Wurl Analytics.