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Sixth Of US Broadband Households Subscribe To An OTT Sports Service

Research from Parks Associates has revealed that 16% of US broadband households have a sports video service subscription through over-the-top (OTT) video.

parks 6 May 2016The Subscriptions and Churn in OTT Video Services report showed that NFL Game Pass leads the market with 6% of all sports OTT video service subscriptions, with the NFL Game Pass the most highly adopted service, with 6% of US broadband households having a subscription compared with 4% for the WWE Network and MLB.TV. This was even though NFL Game Pass does not stream live games.

From the article "Sixth Of US Broadband Households Subscribe To An OTT Sports Service" by Joseph O'Halloran.
 

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