If forced to decide between legacy pay-TV or SVOD services, 57% of dual-service users would choose legacy pay-TV, 43% streaming services like Netflix and Hulu.T
Half of cord cutters cancelled pay-TV service in 2015 and 2016
More than half of cord cutters cancelled their legacy pay-TV service in the two calendar years of 2015 and 2016, according to The Diffusion Group (TDG).
75% of US broadband homes have a connected TV
The penetration of connected TVs among US broadband households has increased nearly 50% since 2013, from 50% to 74% at year-end 2016, according to The Diffusion Group (TDG).
In the US, screen time now tops 50 hours
The amount of time consumers spend each week using a ‘screen’ — a television, personal computer, tablet, or mobile phone — now tops 50 hours.
Broadband’s share of video viewing to double
New forecasts from The Diffusion Group (TDG) point to a declining dominance of legacy TV.
Research: viewers prefer smart TVs for OTT
Despite the widespread availability of inexpensive ancillary TV streaming devices, new TDG research finds that 32% of OTT TV Users prefer having the native connectivity of a smart TV.
TDG: Facebook triumphs while Twitter falls
According to research consultancy TDG, the next few years will see the transformation of social TV interactions, with Facebook overtaking Twitter as the chosen medium for social TV activity.
OTT video killer app for broadband in LatAm
OTT will account for 25% of Latin American video consumption in 2025, according to new research from TDG.
OTT TV ad revenue to Increase four-fold by 2020
Revenue from OTT TV advertising – that is, commercial advertising placed in full-length TV-quality programming delivered via broadband – is expected to grow nearly four fold between 2015 and 2020.
‘Cord cheating’ common among US streamers
More than 20% of adult broadband users that stream video from an online subscription service are ‘cord cheaters,’ according to The Diffusion Group (TDG).