A recent survey of 8,000 internet households from Parks Associates found that 42% of internet households in the U.S. say they subscribe to a traditional pay-TV service as of Q3 2024, down from 75% in 2017.
“There’s no reason why every single game couldn’t be available live [locally],” Jennifer Kent, VP of research at Parks Associates, tells The Current. “It’s just the blackouts. What we’re going to air tonight is totally about creating an exclusivity and maximizing the money that you can around that particular game. But they could stream [most] of these games today if they wanted to.”
From the article, "Diamond Sports ruling signals new era for local NBA, MLB, NHL streaming rights" by Chris Brooklier
The changes are especially noticeable at Hulu, which is owned by parents of the very television networks — Fox, ABC and NBC — threatened by changes in the way we watch TV. Hulu has set itself apart by...
The changes are especially noticeable at Hulu, which is owned by parents of the very television networks – Fox, ABC and NBC – threatened by changes in the way we watch TV. Hulu has set itself apart by...
“Apple remains the dominant smartphone manufacturer in the U.S., but Samsung is catching up,” said Harry Wang, the director of Health & Mobile Product Research at Parks Associates. An interesting f...
As services like Netflix and Hulu boom, he said, television companies are looking for ways they can hold onto more of those streaming revenues themselves. The changes are especially noticeable at H...
