Analysis

A new study from Digital TV Research projects that the number of SVOD subscribers for services delivering movies, linear channels and episodic television in the U.S. will rise from 160 million in 2018 to 270 million in 2024.

The pace of consumers cutting the cord is slowing down in the U.S., Digital TV Research says, with the sector expected to shed 3 million pay-TV subs this year versus the 3.8 million lost last year.

Over the course of 2018, the top 10 service providers in the U.S. lost a total of 2.57 million television subscribers, or just over 3 percent of their base, as reported by the informitv Multiscreen Index.

U.S. broadcast station mergers and acquisitions (M&A) volume reached $4.31 billion in Q4 2018, closing the year with $8.87 billion in deals, according to Kagan.

According to Nielsen, The Big Bang Theory and the now-canceled Roseanne rank highest among the top 10 regularly scheduled TV programs in the U.S. for 2018, while Better Call Saul and The Sinner received the biggest boosts from time-shifting.

According to FX Networks Research, the number of U.S. scripted originals hit 495 this year, driven by online services, up from 487 last year.

New research from Parks Associates has found that 13 percent of U.S. broadband households are cord-cutters, while 4 percent are cord-never.

New research from Parks Associates finds that U.S. broadband households report watching an average of five hours of internet video on their TV sets per week.

New data from S&P Global Market Intelligence's Kagan reports that cable, DTH and telco operators lost 1.2 million video customers in the U.S. in the third quarter, reaching 91 million.

New research from Parks Associates finds the rate of cancellations for OTT video services among U.S. broadband households has held steady over the past three years at around 18 percent.