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  • [ October 14, 2020 ] Pay-TV cord cutting to see huge growth in US as most homes pay-TV free by 2025 Pay TV
  • [ October 14, 2020 ] Why Netflix is ending its free trial (And why other SVOD services shouldn’t) SVOD
  • [ October 13, 2020 ] Study: US AVOD viewers older, more economically challenged; but SVOD, AVOD can coexist Advertising
  • [ September 30, 2020 ] Enterprise video soars in July and August as pandemic changes become the norm Enterprise
  • [ September 21, 2020 ] SVOD subscriptions in Western Europe expected to top 191M by 2025 OTT
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Why Netflix is ending its free trial (And why other SVOD services shouldn’t)

October 14, 2020 Jim O’Neill

If more than one-half of free trials to OTT streaming services convert to full paid subscriptions, why is Netflix ending its free trial program? Parks Associates research show that 58% of consumers who trial an Read More

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Study: US AVOD viewers older, more economically challenged; but SVOD, AVOD can coexist

October 13, 2020 Jim O’Neill

Almost 20% of U.S. internet users watch AVOD (ad-supported video on-demand, a new report says, as those services continue to build their program catalogs, some with more available content than Netflix. But, the report found, Read More

quibi's flawed experiment
OTT

Quibi’s quick demise: A look inside the mobile-only streamer’s fumbled launch

June 24, 2020 Jim O’Neill

Big name executives. Big stars. Big advertising commitments. Big hype. Quibi’s future looked bright when it rolled out, topping Apple’s App Store at No. 4 on its April 6 launch day. But subscribers, downloads and Read More

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Pay TV

Pay-TV revenue in world’s Top 10 markets forecast to drop 25% by 2025

May 28, 2020 Jim O’Neill

Despite a rise in the number of subscribers globally, pay-TV revenue in the 10 largest markets are expected to decline 25% between 2019 and 2025 as cord cutting continued to increase and consumers looked to Read More

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OTT

Report: COVID-19 pandemic driving global OTT market to 55% CAGR in 2020

May 21, 2020 Jim O’Neill

The COVID-19 pandemic is helping to provide a significant boost to the global OTT market with a new report saying one-year revenue growth could top 55% – to $161.4 billion in 2020 from $104.1 billion Read More

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TV, movie OTT revenue to $167B by 2025 as COVID-19 drives viewer surge

May 18, 2020 Jim O’Neill

Booming growth of subscription video on-demand (SVOD) services during the COVID-19 pandemic will help double online TV and movie OTT revenue to more than $167 billion in 2025, according to new research. That’s up from Read More

SVOD

Netflix adds 15.77M subs in Q1; consumers see streaming as a better deal

April 21, 2020 Jim O’Neill

Note to self: Beware forecasters who say Netflix’s 15.77 million new subscribers in the quarter is a bad thing. Or say it’s never going to happen again. And, really, don’t listen when they sing their Read More

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Flexibility, content are key to reducing OTT subscriber churn – but it’ll happen anyway

April 9, 2020 Jim O’Neill

I’ve said this before, but it bears repeating: Today’s consumers increasingly value flexibility, control and content when it comes to home entertainment. Making it easy for them to churn – to subscribe and unsubscribe – Read More

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OTT

Quibi in the time of COVID-19: That dog don’t hunt; Later? Maybe

April 8, 2020 Jim O’Neill

Have you tried Quibi, the mobile-only streaming play that just launched? I’m two days into my 90-day free trial and, alas, the likelihood of me paying for Day 91 is, well, slim and none… unless Read More

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OTT

$200B+ OTT revenue forecast by 2024

January 29, 2020 Jim O’Neill

Subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services and ad-supported video (AVOD) services are expected to combine to drive global OTT revenue past $200 billion by mid-decade. Nearly all of that, 90%, will be subscription and advertising revenue, said Read More

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Videomind is edited by Brightcove Principal Analyst Jim O’Neill, a journalist with more than 30 years of experience, including more than 10 years in the online video space as a writer, editor and analyst.

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