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NBCUniversal’s Peacock had a disappointing launch in summer 2020 due to unavailability on key platforms and a lack of appealing exclusive content to drive initial engagement. After finally adding Roku and Amazon Fire, Peacock has gradually risen in the OTT market through the addition of appealing content, including WWE’s library, the day-and-date streaming release of Boss Baby: Family Business , and the upcoming coverage of the Olympic Games that was initially intended as a...
Parks Associates continues its fourth annual Future of Video: OTT, Pay TV, and Digital Media virtual series with the upcoming sessions Retention and Churn in OTT and Data and Decision Making in Video Services on June 9 from 11 AM to 4:15 PM CT. During these sessions, leading industry executives will address customer churn, evaluation and uptake of services, and strategies for maintaining and retaining OTT subscribers, and best practices...
Parks Associates’ 4 th annual Future of Video: OTT, Pay TV, and Digital Media series is proud to announce Symphony MediaAI as their research sponsor.
Symphony MediaAI is the leading provider of financial management services and is rapidly emerging as a leading provider of AI-powered technology solutions that help accelerate revenue growth for the global media industry. Symphony MediaAI experts develop proven software solutions for revenue...
Parks Associates ' Future of Video: OTT, Pay TV, and Digital Media virtual series continues with the upcoming session Beyond the Theater: New Windowing Strategies on May 5 from 12:30 PM to 2:45 PM CST. Industry leaders will address how studios are handling distribution of high-profile, first-run theatrical titles, especially those who also operate their own direct-to-consumer OTT services and how the windowing process could evolve from here.
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Parks Associates is hosting the next Future of Video: OTT, Pay TV, and Digital Media Conference on May 5 discussing Beyond the Theater and New Windowing Strategies. Event sponsors include: Everise, Deltatre, Brightcove, Bitmovin, and Metrological.
Prior to 2020, the traditional content windowing process for new theatrical releases had remained relatively the same for decades upon decades. Movie theaters were the primary channel for first-run movie titles and the...
by Parks Associates | Apr. 1, 2021
Tags: COVID-19, digital content, digital media, online video, OTT, pay TV
Tags: COVID-19, digital content, digital media, online video, OTT, pay TV
Change is the new normal for the video services market as the relationship between content, consumers, and services is constantly shifting.Parks Associates research reveals that the overall annual OTT churn rate is 38% for broadband households in the US. Taking this into consideration, services have to transform their operations to reduce costs, meet future demand, and support new business models. In this ever-changing environment, it is critical for content and streaming...
The $48.5 billion purchase of DirecTV by AT&T in 2015 collided with a rise in cord cutting that dominated the video market. The six years that has followed saw an emergence in video streaming services as an alternate to traditional TV packages that resulted in major losses for AT&T’s premium TV services. AT&T was in a difficult position with its legacy video assets and has invested its future in its flagship streaming service HBO Max.
AT&T’s sale of a 30% stake...
The increasing number of connected devices, massive shift to remote work and education, and high demand for perfectly reliable streaming video services places unprecedented strain on home networks. At the same time, home service providers’ traditional bundles are in decline as more subscribers move to a stand-alone broadband bundle plus OTT video services.
Don't miss Parks Associates' final CONNECTIONS Summit session, Building the New Home Services Bundle , on...