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Google Chromecast this week debuted an app for Hulu Plus, the premium, subscription-level service, but the free stuff offered by Hulu has already been a video streaming hit on the hot-selling streaming dongle.

According to data released this week by Parks Associates, 34% of Chromecast owners use it to stream free content from the Hulu Web site to the TV set daily.

That still doesn’t outpace Netflix, which was one of a small batch of OTT video companies that has offered a ...read more

Roku isn’t the world’s best-selling streaming media player, but it’s the most used in the U.S., according to a new study from Parks Associates.

In a survey of 10,000 U.S. users conducted in the first quarter, Parks Associates found that, among homes with a streaming video media device, 37% primarily use the Roku, versus 24% for the Apple TV box, which both outpaced devices from Sony, TiVo, Netgear and Boxee, which was recently acquired by Samsung. Here’s how the group stacke ...read more

With its low $8 monthly price, Netflix's Internet streaming service may be eroding usage of movies purchased through video-on-demand and time spent watching premium channels like HBO, according to a study by Parks Associates.

About 16% of U.S. broadband consumers who watch VOD and 17% of those who subscribe to premium programming consider using an online subscription service like Netflix as an alternative, the research firm found.

Netflix streaming users rated the servic ...read more