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With ‘Streaming Wars’ Upon Us, Are OTT and Network Service Providers Fighting Over the Right Budget

Analysts have flooded the market with reports and perspectives foretelling the arrival of the streaming wars. Serving as the industry’s own “winter is coming” mantra -- à la Game of Thrones -- the streaming wars were portrayed as a great competition for discrete household content budgets. 

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Microsoft Takes Top Spot for Total Cloud Services Revenue, While AWS Remains Leader for IaaS:IHS Markit

Microsoft in 2018 became the market share leader for total off-premises cloud service revenue with 13.8 percent share, bumping Amazon to the #2 spot with 13.2 percent; IBM was #3 with 8.8 percent revenue share, according to IHS Markit. Microsoft’s success can be attributed to its comprehensive portfolio and the growth it is experiencing from its more advanced PaaS and CaaS offerings.

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Average household spending on subscription OTT streaming services has held steady for the past three years

Household spending on subscription OTT video services has held steady for three years, averaging just under $8 per month since 2016 according to Parks Associates’ OTT Video Research. Given the growing adoption of OTT video services over the past three years, these figures suggest that adoption of multiple services or expensive services by some consumers is offset by a larger base of consumers who either subscribe to one or two relatively inexpensive services, including 30 percent of consumers who do not spend any money on OTT video services.

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Alibaba, Amazon, Google, IBM, and Microsoft Named ‘Leaders’ in IHS Markit Cloud Services Scorecard

Amazon (AWS), Google, IBM, Microsoft (Azurea) and Alibaba were named “leaders” by IHS  Markit's new scorecard on off-premises cloud IT service providers.
“Leadership in the cloud IT infrastructure services market requires a diverse portfolio, and all of the leaders have strong brand awareness and a reputation of innovation,” said Devan Adams, principal analyst, cloud and data center research practice, IHS Markit.

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Smart Lock Sales to Approach 26 Million Units by 2023, Strategy Analytics Says

The front door is a front-and-center opportunity for smart home device companies according to a new report by Strategy Analytics . According to the report, “ Smart Home Access Control: Predictions, Players, and Products ”, sales of nearly 26 million units in 2023 will push the smart lock market size past $2.4 billion.

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Worldwide IaaS Public Cloud Services Market Grew 29.5 Percent in 2017: Gartner

The worldwide infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market grew 29.5 percent in 2017 to total $23.5 billion, up from $18.2 billion in 2016, according to Gartner, Inc. Amazon was the No. 1 vendor in the IaaS market in 2017, followed by Microsoft, Alibaba, Google and IBM.

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Global Digital Pay TV Subscriptions Exceeded 1 Billion in 2017, IHS Markit Finds

Digital pay TV subscriptions around the world, including cable, satellite and IPTV, exceeded one billion for the first time in 2017, according to new research from IHS Markit. This global growth comes despite the continued uptake of over-the-top (OTT) subscription video services, like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime Video, which added more than three times the number of subscriptions than pay TV last year, according to IHS Markit.  

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More Than Half of OTT Co-Viewers Talk About Brands, Products While Watching TV: IAB

Parks Associates has released its updated list of the top 10 subscription over-the-top (OTT) video services in the U.S. market, based on number of subscribers -- and Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu continue to hold the top three slots.  Meanwhile, HBO Now made a significant move into the top five.

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