Analysis

According to the Q2 2018 U.S. Multichannel Subscriber Report by Kagan, the cable, direct broadcast satellite (DBS) and telco multichannel sectors lost a combined 860,640 video subscribers in the second quarter.

The number of SVOD subscriptions in the U.S. is forecast to increase from 132 million in 2017 to 208 million in 2023, according to new figures from Digital TV Research.

The top 10 service providers in the U.S. lost more than 358,000 TV subscribers between them in the second quarter of 2018, according to the latest informitv Multiscreen Index.

While deal volume in the U.S. media and telecommunications sector declined slightly in the second quarter, the value of merger and acquisition activity was up, fueled by megadeals, PwC said in a new report.

According to eMarketer’s latest U.S. pay TV/OTT forecast, the number of cord-cutters is expected to climb 32.8 percent this year to 33 million.

Netflix's net spend to acquire new customers in the U.S. is about $100 per subscriber, Ampere Analysis says, up from around $60 a few years ago.

U.S. broadcast station mergers and acquisitions (M&A) volume reached $5.11 billion in the second quarter, the largest quarterly deal volume since the second quarter of 2007, according to Kagan.

A new study from Parks Associates indicates that more than 85 percent of millennials in U.S. broadband homes pay for at least one OTT service, while more than 50 percent subscribe to at least two.

The U.S. streaming market is set to become even more crowded, according to PwC, with OTT revenues projected to hit $30.6 billion in 2022.

The top 10 television service providers in the U.S. lost more than 200,000 subscribers between them in the first quarter of 2018, according to the informitv Multiscreen Index.