Basically, people will move toward the communications/entertainment device that is easiest to use and probably the least expensive. And fitting into both of those categories are services like Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and a few others.
They’re growing, which is more than you can say about other transactional ways to get video. Those have declined since 2012, according to Glenn Hower, a research analyst for Parks Associates.
From the article "The Unstoppable Streaming Video" by P.J. Bednarski.
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