By John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable Online, 5-21-19
A clear majority of viewers do at least some of their video watching online rather than, or in addition to, broadcast or cable.
That is according to the analysis of 2017 numbers crunched by the Trump Administration’s top communications advisory arm, the National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA).
“Americans increasingly are moving away from cable and satellite pay-TV services and opting to stream online video offerings, data from NTIA’s latest Internet Use Survey show,” according to NTIA policy analyst Edward Carlson. “While most households still subscribe to cable or satellite television services, the survey shows the proportion of Internet users watching videos online has grown from 45 percent in 2013 to 70 percent in 2017.” » Read More