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Two-thirds of Amazon Video subs also rent, purchase content

Among US broadband households, 37 percent regularly use transactional services for over-the-top (OTT) video, such as online video rentals and downloads, according to a new report from Parks Associates. The vast majority of these a la carte purchases also have a streaming video subscription, emphasizing the potential role of transactional services to supplement subscription OTT. For example, approximately two-thirds of Amazon Instant Video subscribers also rent or purchase titles through the service, and their average expenditures are increasing. By contrast, expenditures on downloads among Netflix subscribers is decreasing.

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