Cord cutting slowed a bit in Q4, analyst says

Linear pay TV services lost 560,000 customers in the fourth quarter, a 23% blood-loss year over year, an Evercore ISI analyst noted.

Mobile video plays accounted for 62% of all online videos, up 9.8% compared to the same period a year ago. Globally, video starts on smartphones topped 50% for the first time, marking mobile as the platform of choice for video worldwide. Source: Digital News Daily: Mobile Video Surges As Content Converges With Tech

Niche video programmers have new competition in Netflix and other big spenders

Netflix and other big content buyers are looking to spend more money on niche programming, which puts existing niche video streamers in a tougher spot. Source: Niche video programmers have new competition in Netflix and other big spenders – Digiday

Thanks to troves of audience data, Roku is moving from tech provider to media company

Roku says it’s more of an advertising company than a device company. There’s some truth to that. Source: Thanks to troves of audience data, Roku is moving from tech provider to media company – Digiday

Digital News Daily: CBS Sees Its Future In Streaming

The company’s direct-to-consumer offerings, CBS All Access and Showtime, combined with new distribution on streaming virtual MVPDs, grew 79% year over year. Source: Digital News Daily: CBS Sees Its Future In Streaming

Movies Anywhere Hits 6 Million Users, Over 150 Million Movies Stored in First Year

Disney-owned Movies Anywhere said nearly 6 million users added 150 million movies to their collections in the service’s first year. Source: Movies Anywhere Hits 6 Million Users, Over 150 Million Movies Stored in First Year

Iger Sees More Investment After Gaining Hulu Control

Once The Walt Disney Co. gets control of Hulu, it intends to ramp up programming and possibly increase subscription prices. Source: Iger Sees More Investment After Gaining Hulu Control

More Than Half of All Consumers Choose OTT Over Pay-TV, Study Finds

The shift toward OTT video has accelerated with 56 percent of consumers now say they use streaming platforms over pay-TV devices. Source: More Than Half of All Consumers Choose OTT Over Pay-TV, Study Finds

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