Tag: OTT

BOSTON: The rate of increase in U.S. consumer spending on streaming video subscriptions has slowed, indicating that the market is “approaching saturation,” according to research firm Strategy Analytics.

About one-fifth of U.S. broadband homes canceled at least one of their OTT video services in the last year, though Netflix had the lowest churn rate, according to Parks Associates. In the last 12 months, 20 percent of U.S. broadband homes had canceled, and in Q2 2015, just 18 percent had done so.

SEATTLE: Amazon Prime customers can now manage standalone OTT services from providers such as Showtime and Starz via Amazon’s new Streaming Partners Program, which launched today. The hub allows outside SVOD providers to market their platforms to Prime subscribers, delivering their video through Amazon’s streaming infrastructure. Billing would also take …