About 20% of US broadband homes had cancelled at least one OTT service in the last 12 months at the end of 2015, according to data from Parks Associates.
Netflix has the lowest churn among US OTT services, with 5% of broadband households cancelling the service over the 12 months.
According to Parks Associates, the overall estimated OTT churn figure had edged up to one in five homes at the end of the year from 18% at the end of the second quarter.
From the article "OTT Churn Edges Up In US" by Stuart Thomson.
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