2014年12月3日星期三

Roku still tops in the same way as sales of streaming-media players get to your feet

Roku still tops in the same way as sales of streaming-media players get to your feet

Ten percent of US households with a broadband connection purchased a streaming-media device indoors the leading nine months of this time, already matching survive year's harmonize.

Streaming-media policy carry on to grow indoors popularity amid rapidly shifting competition, according to a further turn up.

For the duration of the leading three quarters of 2014, 10 percent of US households with a broadband connection bought by the side of smallest amount single streaming-media player, marketplace researcher Parks links assumed Tuesday. The players include set-top boxes and sticks, which plug into HDMI ports, with the aim of access scores of channels and services, such in the same way as Netflix, Hulu Plus or else Amazon the twinkling of an eye capture on tape.

Roku's lineup of set-top boxes and streaming sticks was still the nearly everyone general so far this time despite a hot dip, securing 29 percent of sales indoors the leading nine months. Google's Chromecast stick leaped against the setting, snagging the rebuff. 2 tad with 20 percent share and stealing Apple TV's prior slot. The Apple television box fell to third place with 17 percent share. Amazon's Fire television box and stick, besides further on the setting, came indoors fourth place with 10 percent share.

Streaming-media players undergo been hitting lumber room shelves by the side of a rapid clip indoors topical years. Apple jumped into the marketplace indoors 2007 but survive updated its box just about two years before. Roku launched its leading box indoors mid-2008 and has frequently updated its products, with releasing its stick indoors protest rally. Google's Chromecast stick has been on the marketplace since mid-2013. Amazon jumped into the marketplace indoors April with its box and again survive month with its Fire television stick.

The get to your feet indoors streaming policy is due indoors part to the substitute indoors how fill with watch television, in the same way as well in the same way as their relevance indoors accessing the Internet on their television screens. Above the older decade or else so, viewing way of life undergo shifted dramatically, with fill with watching added shows they've recorded in the same way as conflicting to as soon as they leading air. The industry dubs this type of viewing in the same way as "non-linear."

"Nearly 50 percent of capture on tape content with the aim of U.S. Consumers watch on a television fix is non-linear, up from 38 percent indoors 2010, and it is already the majority used for fill with 18-44," Barbara Kraus, director of investigation by the side of Parks links, assumed indoors a statement.

The streaming-media player competition is changing fast too.

Roku, which has been the dominant force since 2012, saying its marketplace share slip from 46 percent survive time to 29 percent indoors the leading nine months of 2014. Apple television besides slipped from 26 percent survive time to 17 percent so far this time. They both lost share in the same way as Google's Chromecast and Amazon's Fire television undergo arrive on hot.

Looking yet to be, streaming-media players willpower carry on to grow indoors popularity, according to Parks. The marketplace researcher predicts just about 50 million streaming media players willpower subsist sold globally by 2017.

Nothing of the companies integrated indoors this survey without more ado responded to a demand used for comment.

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