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Parks Associates 2022 consumer survey research finds 40% of consumers in US internet households share credentials or use shared credentials from others—this is up from just 27% in 2019.  Households classified as account sharers spend most of their time watching SVOD services, but also use transactional services and watch free content more than those who do not share. These people appear to be more price sensitive, defaulting to free and shared SVOD services for most of their...

Download  Parks Associates’ complimentary whitepaper, “Personalized Virtual Channels: Maximizing FAST Content,” in collaboration with Quickplay. This whitepaper highlights personalization's engagement and monetization potential for FAST (free ad-supported television) video services. It examines the drivers and uses cases for combining data, analytics, personalization, and virtual streaming channels to create personalized hybrid virtual channels for FAST services. ...

Register now for the upcoming complimentary webinar “Managed Services with Exceptional Experiences: How Broadband Providers Win,” in collaboration with Calix on Tuesday, January 24 at 1:00 PM CT. This webinar discusses key trends impacting the 2023 roadmaps for broadband service providers (BSPs), new managed services BSPs can deploy to enhance and differentiate the subscriber experience, and recommended resources to avoid missteps. Speakers will discuss...

This blog post was provided by  Friend MTS . It’s hard to believe that stolen content represents as much as half of all video content consumption . Revenue losses are staggering: the legitimate industry lost €3.21 billion to illicit IPTV in Europe in just one year (2021) according to the recent study by Bournemouth University undertaken for trade body the Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAPA). Controlling the unauthorised use of valuable video content is a...

This blog post was provided by  Friend MTS . Piracy costs broadcasters and service operators a lot of money. While pirate operators won’t publish their annual financial reports, the reliable and publicly available statistics on the costs of unprotected content are quite revealing. Hefty amounts have been ordered to be repaid to the legitimate broadcasters and service providers in recent years. Dish Network was awarded a $585 million judgment in a single streaming...

Parks Associates today welcomes industry leaders from the streaming, content, and video industries to the fifth annual Future of Video: OTT, Pay TV and Digital Media , December 12-14 in LA at the Marina Del Ray Marriot. The in-person conference features the panel session, "Sports Media Rights: Deep Pockets and Big Money," which examines the shift of sports media rights to streaming services and its influence on traditional broadcast television. Ahead of the session, panel...

The video streaming market is super dynamic with all sorts of factors to consider. Check out some of Parks Associates' highlights from our research on the State of the OTT Market. Thank you for your great support of our research work! We welcome all comments and questions. We hope to see you at Future of Video soon! Parks Associates’ fifth annual Future of Video: OTT, Pay TV, and Digital Media , December 12-14 at the Marina del Rey Marriott, features industry leaders from...

23% of US households subscribe to nine or more OTT subscriptions Parks Associates has released its updated list of the top 10 US subscription over-the-top (OTT) video services, based on estimated numbers of subscribers through September 2022 from the firm’s OTT Video Market Tracker. The research firm reports that 83% of broadband households have at least one OTT service, with 23% adopting nine or more OTT subscriptions. Parks Associates notes that the Top 10 US Subscription...