Even with strong development from Apple TV last year, research study firm Parks Associates approximated it to be fourth behind Google, Amazon, and also Roku in streaming device sales in 2014. Of the 42 million streaming gadgets offered last year, Google’s Chromecast was the leader, according to Technique Analytics, with a 35% market share.
From the article "Exactly How Apple Lost TV" by Steven Goodstein.
“There seemed to be an attitude around the industry that after House of Cards and Orange is the New Black, there was no way Netflix could catch lightning in a bottle again,” says Glenn Hower, a senior...
Data is really the new area of competition. If the pay-TV providers are looking at competition long-term in the future, that's the main concern. - BRETT SAPPINGTON, DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AT PARKS ASSOC...
The Roku Channel is also turning heads. The company's ad-supported channel was named one of the three best ad-based over-the-top services among U.S. broadband households according to Parks Associates,...
Last August, Parks Associates reported that Roku controlled 37% of the streaming device market in the U.S., while Amazon, Google, and Apple held shares of 24%, 18%, and 15%, respectively. All three of...
