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Pay-TV & OTT Use Up Among U.S. Hispanic Households

“While pay-TV penetration has declined among U.S. broadband households, adoption has remained steady among Spanish-bilingual households over the past few years,” said Brett Sappington, the senior director of research at Parks Associates. “Cord-cutting does not have the same impact in Spanish-language households as it does for the larger broadband population. In fact, most of their recent pay-TV changes have been upgrades to more expensive services.”

From the article "Pay-TV & OTT Use Up Among U.S. Hispanic Households" by Joel Marino.

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