Two-thirds of US broadband homes use a streaming audio service, according to new research from Parks Associates. The study found that 40 percent of broadband households use a free service to stream audio and 26 percent subscribe to a pay service. Amazon Prime Music is the top subscription service, used by 10 percent of broadband homes, followed by Pandora One at 6 percent and Spotify Premium at 4 percent.
Music service providers have built a model around converting free service users into paying customers, but the strategy has not paid off so far, according to research analyst Glenn Hower. Parks Associates forecasts that speakers, multi-room audio systems, and soundbars, which are offsetting declining sales in home theatre and traditional audio components, will generate USD 26 billion in global sales in 2020.
From the article "Two-thirds of US broadband homes use streaming audio" by Telecompaper.com
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