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The Multiple OTT Service Explosion

OTT video is firmly established in the U.S. entertainment marketplace, and new research from Parks Associates only puts an exclamation point on the new reality of how Americans consume video entertainment.

More than two-thirds of U.S. broadband households have an OTT service. But, it is the percentage of U.S. broadband households that have more than one subscription that is more noteworthy.

From the article "The Multiple OTT Service Explosion" by Adam Jacobson.

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