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Why Pay-TV Needs OTT Video Now

Consider the latest OTT video study from Parks Associates . In a report released Thursday, Parks found that more than 85% of US millennials in broadband homes now subscribe to least one OTT video service. That's far more than the percentage of millennials that subscribe to traditional pay-TV services.

From the article "Why Pay-TV Needs OTT Video Now" by Alan Breznick.

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