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More Americans now pay for streaming video content than cable television, survey finds

Netflix is also preparing to crackdown on illegal account sharing via new artificial intelligence software, which will be able to analyze which users are logged in and then flag shared accounts.

The move is expected to recoup major money for the video streaming service: a separate report from Parks Associates found that by 2021, credentials sharing will account for $9.9 billion of losses in pay-TV revenues and $1.2 billion of over-the-top (OTT) revenues. 

From the article "More Americans now pay for streaming video content than cable television, survey finds" by Valerie Bauman.

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