Parks Associates attributes a chunk of that OTT churn to consumer experimentation.
“These are not free trials but instances where consumers are spending real money to try out new OTT services. One-third of households that currently subscribe to an OTT video service have cancelled one or more services in the past year, which shows that there is quite a bit of experimentation occurring right now,” Brett Sappington, senior director of research at Parks Associates, said in a statement.
From the article "OTT Video Churn Steady at 19%: Study" by Jeff Baumgartner.
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