Streaming Media Player Owners Watch Content More Than Others, Says Parks

Forty-one percent of streaming media player owners use the devices daily or “almost daily,” compared with 34 percent of smart TV or smart DVR owners, Parks Associates said Tuesday. Owners of smart TVs spend 9.8 hours per week watching pay-TV content, and streaming media player owners view content from online services 10.4 hours per week, it reported. Nearly half of U.S. broadband households own a gaming console, but only 37 percent connect that device to the internet, Parks said, while 44 percent of smart TV owners connect their TVs to the internet. More than 34 percent of streaming media player owners own an Amazon Fire TV, up from 28 percent in Q1 2017, it said.