Category: TV meets the Internet
Streaming video scramble
A scrum of streaming video competitors has emerged in the past few years to challenge front-runner Netflix. Specific subscriber data is closely held, but here is the competitive landscape as of mid-2021 according to public sources. Subscribers to U.S. video streaming services (Q2 2021 or as noted) Company US & Canada Subscriptions Global Business model…
Who owns the digital pipelines?
Cord-cutting continued into 2021 as U.S. consumers dropped pricey cable TV bundles in favor of internet-based TV and movie options. Broadband internet subscriptions grew. Three major players — Comcast, Charter and AT&T — now control most of America’s digital pipelines. Subscribers to U.S. video and internet services (Q2 2021 or as noted) Company Consumer Digital…
Internet and smartphone growth have slowed, Mary Meeker reports
Mary Meeker’s 2018 report on the state of the internet, via ReCode