"TV Everywhere" articles

Throughout 2020, the United States’ broadband coverage gap was recognized as a major issue impacting Americans’ safety, quality of life, and ability to participate in work and schooling. According to Parks Associates estimates: ·       22% of US households, or roughly 27M households, lack a fixed home internet subscription; ·       10% of US households, or almost 13M households, are mobile-only –...

Of 10,000 US broadband households, 82% subscribe to at least one OTT service, up 6% year-over-year, while 58% subscribe to a traditional pay-TV service, down 4% year-over-year. Parks Associates’ OTT Video Market Tracker  analyzes market trends and profiles of the nearly 100 over-the-top video service providers in the U.S. and Canada, such as Netflix, HBO, YouTube, and Amazon, with updated deliverables throughout the year throughout the year documenting the following:...

Parks Associates’ Future of Video: OTT, Pay TV, and Digital Media 2021 virtual conference series continued with June 9 sessions, Retention and Churn in OTT , and Data and Decision Making in Video Services . Amruta Shankar, Director of Data and Analytics, Synamedia , was featured as an interactive panel member during the session Data and Decision Making in Video Services , where she helped address best practices in data-driven decision-making, the types of technology solutions...

The COVID-19 health crisis has fundamentally impacted the lifestyles and routines of all consumers. Shelter-in-place orders and work-at-home mandates have driven in-home video consumption to unprecedented levels, with nearly 3 in 10 US broadband households reporting an increase in usage of online video services and nearly 1 in 5 reporting an increased use of pay-TV services. Parks Associates’ new whitepaper,  Optimizing the Smart TV Experience , in cooperation...

The entertainment industry has experienced significant turmoil in the past five years. Pay-TV cord-cutting and shaving continue, with adoption dropping from a high of 87% of US broadband households in 2014 to 73% in 2020. During the same period, OTT services exploded to more than 200 in the US market alone, and adoption grew from 55% to 76% in the US. Viewing platforms diversified, with content available across a variety of connected video and computing devices. Yet, in the midst of...

Prior to Parks Associates’ 1st-annual Future of Video: OTT, Pay TV, and Digital Media conference, Jonathan Ruff, Senior Director of Technical & Product Marketing, ARRIS shared insights with the analyst team to discuss what is driving growth in video entertainment and what the biggest impacts on technology will be in the near future. Jonathan participated on the The Impact of Voice Interaction on Video Services panel on Wednesday, December 12, at 10:45 AM. He was joined by...

Prior to Parks Associates’ 1st-annual Future of Video: OTT, Pay TV, and Digital Media conference, Steven Schachter, VP of Business Development and Distribution, Cannella Response Television shared insights with the analyst team to discuss the future of video entertainment. Steven participated on The New Economics of Video panel on Tuesday, December 11, at 3:00 PM. The following panelists joined him on the session: Kristen Finney, EVP, EMEA TVD, 20th Century Fox Chad...

Prior to Parks Associates’ 1st-annual Future of Video: OTT, Pay TV, and Digital Media conference, Tom Munro, CEO, Verimatrix shared insights with the analyst team to discuss the future of the video industry. Tom participated on the Innovations and Gaps in Video Technologies panel on Wednesday, December 12, at 11:15 AM. The following panelists joined him on this session: Matthew Collado, Co-Founder / Chief Content Officer, Littlstar/Ara Dan Hurwitz, Chief Revenue...