Digital TV News: Michael Greeson
One-in-six U.S. SVOD buyers regularly engage in app hopping
Aug 23, 2023 – Research from Aluma Insights finds one-sixth of U.S. SVOD subscribers regularly 'hop' between apps, signing up for a limited time, then cancelling once a specific end is met.
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Aluma Insights, Michael Greeson, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA
Percentage of U.S. SVOD buyers looking to cut spending up 40%
Jul 18, 2023 – Research from Aluma Insights finds 35% of U.S. SVOD customers spending too much on services and are looking to cut back, a 40% increase over last year and threefold that of 2019.
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Aluma, Michael Greeson, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA
Half of ad-supported Netflix subscribers find the ad load heavy
Apr 24, 2023 – Though Netflix's ad-supported tier averages less than 5 minutes of ads per hour, 49% of Basic with Ads subscribers found it to varying degrees heavy, with 17% seeing it as excessive, according to Aluma.
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Aluma, Michael Greeson, Advertising, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA
Smart TVs account for half of U.S. OTT TV viewing
Apr 3, 2023 – Research from Aluma Insights finds U.S. adult SVOD viewers spend half their streaming TV time watching on smart TVs, up from 31% in 2015, 2.5 times the contribution of streaming media players.
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Aluma Insights, Michael Greeson, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, USA
Netflix, Hulu, Disney+ most essential for US streaming subscribers
Mar 14, 2023 – Research from Aluma Insights finds two-thirds of U.S. Netflix buyers view the service as indispensable, with more than half of subscribers considering Hulu and Disney+ to be essential.
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Aluma, Michael Greeson, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA
Perhaps live sports not so critical for pay-TV subscriber retention?
Oct 31, 2022 – According to Aluma, while 18% of U.S. pay-TV subscribers are moderately likely to cancel service if their favorite sport moved its live games exclusively to subscription streaming services, only 8% would 'definitely' cancel.
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Aluma, Michael Greeson, Digital TV, Market Research, USA
Video services far down 'Cut List' but still impacted by inflation
Aug 24, 2022 – One-fourth of U.S. households have downgraded or cancelled a subscription streaming video (SVOD) or pay-TV service due to the rising costs of consumer goods, services, and housing, according to Aluma Insights.
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Aluma Insights, Michael Greeson, Digital TV, Market Research, USA
A quarter of U.S. households subscribe to broadband but not Pay TV
Oct 20, 2021 – Research from TDG finds that the number of U.S. households subscribing to a broadband service but not a pay-TV service will grow from 38 million in 2020 to 54 million in 2025, up 42% in the five-year period.
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TDG, Paul Hockenbury, Michael Greeson, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, Terrestrial, USA
Growth in Connected TV penetration slows in the U.S.
Sep 8, 2021 – According to TDG, the diffusion of internet-connected TVs (CTVs) in the U.S is slowing. At the same time, however, CTVs are reaching beyond the living room and master bedroom to other rooms of the home.
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TDG, Michael Greeson, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, USA
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