Tag: Streaming
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Consumers Will Spend More on Streaming Than Pay TV For the First Time Ever in 2024
A new report from Strategy Analytics suggests that for the first time ever, U.S. consumers will spend more on streaming video services than they will on traditional pay TV in the year 2024. While that will be the case, it’s important to note that it’s not because streaming options run at a higher price tag.…
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Report: Streaming Viewing Time is Up 36% in Q1 2021
It looks like the pandemic-induced spike in streaming is here to stay. Conviva released its State of Streaming report for Q1 2021 and the data shows that overall streaming viewing time is up 36% for the first part of this year. Viewing time grew by 18% in North America which is a solid number, but…
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Consumers Subscribe to 4 Streaming Services on Average
With so many changes in the world, including a global pandemic, and generational changes, a new “Digital Media Trends” survey by Deloitte shows how media conglomerates and entertainment companies can create and develop long-lasting relationships with changing customers. The online survey was conducted in February 2021, with 2,009 US consumers surveyed. With consumers having more…
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The Falcon & The Winter Soldier Premiere Finds a Spot on Nielsen’s Top Ten List
Nielsen has released its top ten streaming titles for the week of March 15-21. Netflix retained the top spot with Ginny & Georgia while the first episode of The Falcon and The Winter Solider on Disney+ took the second spot. Ginny & Georgia had a total of 540 minutes streamed, down from 722 the week…
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About 25% of Viewers Who Watched March Madness on Linear TV in 2019 Switched to Streaming it This Year
This year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament was one for the books. The Baylor Bears took home the championship beating Gonzaga with a final score of 86-70. With March Madness 2020 getting canceled over the pandemic, live sports-starved fans were eager to watch this year’s games go down, as evidenced by the high viewership turnout, and…
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Viewers Streamed a Record 12.2 Billion Minutes in 2020
Most of 2020 was arguably spent on the couch in sweatpants, and that’s evident by the significant rise in the amount of streaming the industry saw. The total number of global streaming service subscriptions surpassed 1.1 billion at the end of last year, with the average household subscribing to 4 streaming services to keep themselves…
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‘Godzilla VS Kong’ and ‘The Little Things’ Had the Best Opening Weekends for SVOD in Q1
With the pandemic still ongoing, cinephiles have been trading in their trips to the movies for a night in streaming new releases on demand. Many new films are available shortly after their theater release which makes it more appealing to wait just a little while instead of risk going out to the theater. In fact,…
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Consumers’ Monthly Streaming Service Spending has Doubled Since 2018
Streaming popularity has skyrocketed in the last few years. New research from Parks Associates shows that consumers keep adding new services and are now paying double on monthly subscriptions than they were three years ago. According to the report, U.S. broadband households spent $16 a month on average for OTT streaming video services in early…
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Sandbox and Fingerprint Launch Educational Entertainment Platform ‘Sandbox Kids’
London-based learning and entertainment company operator Sandbox & Co. has announced the acquisition of Fingerprint, a leading global provider of digital content for kids and families. This new aquisition will result in the formation of Sandbox Kids, an educational on-demand, multimedia, multi-platform entertainment subscription service for kids and families around the world. The new Sandbox…
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Analysts Say U.S. Streaming Subscriptions will Reach 385 Million in 2021
This year is shaping up to be a big one for streaming subscriptions. With the addition of newcomers like Discovery+ and Paramount+, 50 million new streaming video subscriptions could be added by the end of this year, bringing the total count to more than 385 million according to analysts at UBS, reported by Fierce Video.…