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Media Industry – Future of Pay TV In An OTT Landscape Pt.2 – Ericsson

Earlier this year, Parks Associates published a study highlighting that the number of paid OTT video subscriptions in Europe is still lagging behind the U.S. For instance, while 64 percent of U.S. broadband households subscribe to OTT video, only 30 percent of UK and 17 percent of French broadband households do the same.

From the article "Media Industry – Future of Pay TV In An OTT Landscape Pt.2 – Ericsson" by EtiennegBlog.

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