Hub said this year marked the first time since it began tracking viewing patterns in 2014 that viewers are "more likely to say they watch a recently discovered favorite show from an online source than through their pay TV set-top box."
The report reinforces last week's Parks Associates study that found viewers favor subscription video-on-demand services over virtual MVPD services.
From the article "Hub Research Finds an OTT Tipping Point" by Gary Arlen.
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