20,000 foot view: The US continues to dominate global video trends as the world’s most valuable online video market. The video audience continues to experience strong growth fueled by a combination of increased technological sophistication of the addressable market and increased engagement of existing users. In tandem with these trends Subscription Video On Demand (SVOD) penetration is on the cusp of becoming a mainstream consumer activity with XXX of US consumers now subscribing. The US video market will experience further strong growth as it increasingly eats into linear TV.
Key XXX of US consumers are SVOD usersUS online video users will grow at a CAGR of XXX between 2016 and 2020The US is the world’s most valuable online video market with revenues of XXX billion for 2016 There were XXX SVOD services in the US in June 2016 accounting for XXX million subscribersThe US online video market is a XXX horse race, with Amazon Prime, Hulu Plus and Netflix accounting for XXX of all subscribers with XXX million subscribersTraditional pay-TV subscribers declined by just XXX between June 2015 and June 2016; SVOD grew by XXX millionThis amounted to a net gain of XXX million across both segments - it is time to stop thinking about SVOD and traditional pay-TV as separate The Netflix/Amazon duopoly allows scope for niche services to thriveHowever, currently niche services account for XXX of all services but just XXX of subscribersSports SVOD services account for XXX of all services but XXX of subscribers SVOD skews female XXX more females than males subscribe, representing XXX of all US SVOD users)SVOD is opening pay-TV to younger audiences, with SVOD penetration peaking at XXX among XXX year olds.
Companies and services mentioned in this report: Amazon Prime, Hulu Plus, Netflix, Spotify, iQYi, Facebook, YouTube, XXX HBO Now, WWE, Youtube Red, Google Chromecast, Roku
