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The Streamers Fight For Position

But now, you don’t have to back into asking people about streaming media. They get it. And they also get it. A just-out report from Barbara Kraus, director of research for Parks Associates, calculates that now 18% of households get video from a streaming media player like Roku, Apple TV or Amazon, and 8% from streaming sticks lie Google Chromecast, Amazon's Fire TV Stick, and Roku's HDMI Streaming Stick.

Parks Associates calculates that now 18% of households get video from a streaming media player like Roku, Apple TV or Amazon, and 8% from streaming sticks lie Google Chromecast, Amazon's Fire TV Stick, and Roku's HDMI Streaming Stick.

From the article "The Streamers Fight For Position" by P.J. Bednarski.

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