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In the US, some 23% of millennial heads of household opt to live in OTT-only, broadband homes, according to Parks Associates.

The research firm said the figure compares to a national average of just 15% of all broadband households that only choose over-the-top entertainment access.

From the article "Parks: 23% Of US Millennials Opt For OTT-Only" by www.digitaltveurope.net

Roku is still the most popular streaming media player in the US, accounting for 30% of players sold in the year to March, according to figures compiled by Parks Associates.

According to the research unveiled this week at INTX, Amazon is now running in equal second place with Google, each with 22% of the market, followed by Apple with a 20% share. Together the big four providers of streaming media devices account for 94% of the market, up from 86% in 2014.

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Some 16% of US broadband households now subscribe to an over-the-top sports video service, according to Parks Associates.

The NFL Game Pass is the most widely adopted service, with 6% of US broadband homes subscribing to this compared to 4% for the WWE Network and baseball service MLB.TV.

From the article "One In Six US Broadband Homes Take An OTT Sports Service" by www.digitaltveurope.net

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. Netflix’s estimated churn ra ...read more

Over-the-top (OTT) video usage in Western Europe continues to grow, but still trails North America – particularly for subscription video on-demand (SVOD) uptake – according to Parks Associates.

The research firm’s OTT Video Market Tracker report claims that 55% of UK broadband households and 51% of French internet homes watch TV programmes and movies online, compared to 70% in the US.

From the article "European OTT Video Use On The Up, Still Trails North America" by www. ...read more

Some 65% of US broadband households engage in at least one “second-second screen activity” per month while watching TV, according to Parks Associates.

The research firm said that the most popular second screen activity – done from a smartphone, tablet or laptop – is searching for information about a programme that’s being watched.

From the article "Two Thirds of US Web Homes Watch TV While Using Second-Screen" by Glenn Hower.

“The Spanish pay TV market in general has a very active, cost-conscious base of subscribers, with higher-than-average rates of downgrades and upgrades and a substantial population of cord-nevers,” said Parks Associates research director, Brett Sappington.

The research said that Spain exceeds the US in percentage of cord cutters and broadband households that watch online video. In other surveyed countries – the UK, France, and Germany – the incidence of cord cutting is far lo ...read more

Average monthly spend on internet-based subscription video-on-demand services by US households almost doubled in the three years between 2012-15, according to research by Parks Associates.

From the article "US Average SVoD Spend Almost Doubles In Three Years" by digitaltveurope.net.