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“In 2018, the leading services will be competing based on original content, and companies are already shelling out millions on content creation; and that trend will continue,” Brett Sappington, senior director of research at Parks Associates, told NAB Show Daily News.

From the article "NAB 2018 Day Two: Online video, trends in sports business, could podcasts create TV content?" by Jenny Priestly

OTT video content has continued its rise throughout Europe, according to new international data from Parks Associates.

‘OTT Video Market Tracker’ is an annual service designed to provide industry monitoring and insights into new trends and services, tracking content and subscriber counts across the US and Europe.

From the article "OTT Content Continues European Growth" by James Groves.

Sixteen per cent of Spanish pay-TV households subscribed to their service for the first time in 2015, according to research from Parks Associates.

The research project, titled Connected Consumer in Europe, revealed that Spanish consumers are more likely than other western European markets either to have never had pay-TV or to have cancelled pay TV in favour of online video sources.

From the article "16 Per Cent of Spanish Pay-TV Households Were First-Timers In 2015" by J ...read more

“Overall OTT video usage in the UK favours broadcasters,” said Brett Sappington, director of research at Parks Associates. “The most popular OTT video sources in the UK include BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, 4oD (now All4), and Demand5 – all catch-up or on-demand offerings from broadcasters.

From the article "One Third Of Broadband Households Have OTT" by James Groves.

More than 46 million households worldwide will subscribe to a 4K UHD pay TV service by 2018, according to new research from Parks Associates. Pay TV providers will deploy this service as a differentiator, especially among younger consumers who are more likely to use new pay TV features, such as TV Everywhere and cloud DVR, but also have slightly lower subscription rates for pay TV services. In the US, 82 per cent of consumers 18-22 have a pay TV subscription, compared to 87 per ...read more