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Cloud DVR Is a Killer App... Just Not in 2015

According to data from Parks Associates , the number of subscribers to cloud DVR services still falls well below the 5 million mark globally, but by 2018 that total should roughly quintuple to around 25 million subs. And, anecdotally, Spriester can confirm that more than half of the operators he's talked to in his position at Harmonic Inc. (Nasdaq: HLIT) have either already implemented cloud DVR or are seriously considering a deployment in the near future.

From the article "Cloud DVR Is a Killer App... Just Not in 2015" by Mari Silbey.

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