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Seventh of US broadband homes to buy streaming players in H1 2016

Some 14% of US broadband households plan to buy a streaming media player by the middle of 2016, according to Parks Associates.

The research firm claims that as of the third quarter of 2015, 31% of US broadband households owned a streaming media player, up from 27% at the beginning of the year.

From the article "Seventh of US broadband homes to buy streaming players in H1 2016" by Barbara Kraus.

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