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Nearly Half Of High-Speed Homes Have Multiple OTT Services

The findings show how far-reaching streaming video services have become. About 63% of U.S. home subscribe to broadband services, and nearly half of those homes are also customers of at least one OTT service, Parks said. In addition, about 31% of broadband homes subscribe to more than one OTT service, opting to take a range of combinations of services like Netlfix, Hulu and Amazon.

Parks Associates reported these results in its OTT Video Market Tracker study. The most common combo of services is Netflix plus Amazon video, with about 12% of U.S. broadband homes choosing that mix of services.

From the article "Nearly Half Of High-Speed Homes Have Multiple OTT Services" by Daisy Whitney.

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