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OTT Churn-Rate In US Homes Is 19%

The figure is reveadled in Parks Associates’ OTT Video Market Tracker service, which notes that the overall churn rate for OTT services has been stable for the past year, with top services Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu all reducing their churn rates. At the end of 2015, 20% of US broadband households had cancelled at least one OTT video service in the past 12 months.

“The churn rate has held steady, with one-in-five broadband households canceling an OTT video service in the past year,” said Brett Sappington, senior director of research, Parks Associates.

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