According to a recent report by researcher Parks Associates, internet video subscribers have increased 12 percent in two years, despite a growing number of users sharing passwords. Revenues are expected to double to $30 billion worldwide by 2020. Netflix is still the largest provider, but others are also adding to the growth. Hulu, for example, is phasing out free subscriptions.
From the article "Layer3 TV’s Premium Service Coming To Denver “Soon,” Says CEO" by Tamara Chuang.
Roku faces massive, deep-pocketed competitors — but so far the 700-employee company has more than held its own in the streaming-media device market. In the first quarter of 2017, Roku had 37% share of...
The irony is that YouTube TV may well get the growth it’s seeking sooner than anybody expects. Late last year a Parks Associates survey determined that the nascent YouTube Red was consumers’ seventh-f...
Google’s Chromecast streaming-TV device didn’t lose ground, but given that it’s only utilized as a streaming TV device by 17% of streaming video viewers — despite launching in 2013 with considerably l...
There’s no doubt people will check out Quibi, particularly with stay-at-home directives set to run through the end of April. “America right now is a captive audience starved for something to do,” says...
