Apple iTunes takes just 4% of US digital video market as Netflix dominates
Netflix is the dominant player in America's digital streaming and downloadable video market, representing 61 percent of all viewings, while Apple's iTunes is in a three-way tie for third place with 4 percent.
The NPD Group on Tuesday revealed statistics about the home video market in the U.S., and found that Netflix carries the lion's share of digital content with its Instant Watch streaming rental service. More than six out of ten digital movies watched in the U.S. are streamed via Netflix.
In second place is cable provider Comcast, which represents 8 percent of the American market. The numbers represent market share between January and February of 2011.
Apple is in third place with 4 percent, and is in a three-way tie with DirecTV and Time Warner. Apple began selling movies and TV shows on the iTunes store in 2006, and started offering movie rentals in 2008. TV show rentals for 99 cents, with limited partners, began in 2010.
The survey found that consumers know that services like iTunes have more current releases. But the convenience of Netflix ranked highest in terms of "overall shopping experience" and "value for price paid."
The NPD figures represent both rentals and purchases, but Netflix's dominance comes solely on the back of the subscription service's rentals. The company still offers discs by mail, but has aggressively expanded its Instant Watch program to a number of set top box devices, including Apple's new $99 Apple TV.
Despite Apple's 4 percent share of the digital video market, a separate survey released in February found that Apple is the market leader in terms of video sales, taking 64.5 percent of the market. That study did not count subscription services like Netflix or Hulu.
NPD's VideoWatch Digital tracking service found that digital video now makes up a quarter of all home video-watching volume. But sales of DVDs and Blu-ray discs are still the big money earners for Hollywood. The poll was based on 10,618 completed online surveys of U.S. consumers age 13 and older.
"Overwhelmingly digital movie buyers do not believe physical discs are out of fashion," said Russ Crupnick, entertainment industry analyst for NPD. "But their digital transactions were motivated by the immediate access and ease of acquisition provided by streaming and downloading digital video files."
The NPD Group on Tuesday revealed statistics about the home video market in the U.S., and found that Netflix carries the lion's share of digital content with its Instant Watch streaming rental service. More than six out of ten digital movies watched in the U.S. are streamed via Netflix.
In second place is cable provider Comcast, which represents 8 percent of the American market. The numbers represent market share between January and February of 2011.
Apple is in third place with 4 percent, and is in a three-way tie with DirecTV and Time Warner. Apple began selling movies and TV shows on the iTunes store in 2006, and started offering movie rentals in 2008. TV show rentals for 99 cents, with limited partners, began in 2010.
The survey found that consumers know that services like iTunes have more current releases. But the convenience of Netflix ranked highest in terms of "overall shopping experience" and "value for price paid."
The NPD figures represent both rentals and purchases, but Netflix's dominance comes solely on the back of the subscription service's rentals. The company still offers discs by mail, but has aggressively expanded its Instant Watch program to a number of set top box devices, including Apple's new $99 Apple TV.
Despite Apple's 4 percent share of the digital video market, a separate survey released in February found that Apple is the market leader in terms of video sales, taking 64.5 percent of the market. That study did not count subscription services like Netflix or Hulu.
NPD's VideoWatch Digital tracking service found that digital video now makes up a quarter of all home video-watching volume. But sales of DVDs and Blu-ray discs are still the big money earners for Hollywood. The poll was based on 10,618 completed online surveys of U.S. consumers age 13 and older.
"Overwhelmingly digital movie buyers do not believe physical discs are out of fashion," said Russ Crupnick, entertainment industry analyst for NPD. "But their digital transactions were motivated by the immediate access and ease of acquisition provided by streaming and downloading digital video files."
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Subscription video = Win.
It's just that simple, people...
On May 2 AT&T begins capping residential DSL data to control the "bandwidth hogs." That ought to put the brakes on Netflix and iTunes streaming in short order. Gotta protect that u-verse revenue stream don't you know.
Residential DSL will be capped at 150GB. That's way more than you'll need in a month for a HEAVY Netflix watcher.
I'm not supporting AT&T's decision in any way, but they're doing this to stop the torrenters who download 100 movies a month. It's very unlikely that it'll affect you or anyone you know. According to AT&T, we're talking less than 2%.
Anyways, it's not surprising that Netflix is far in the lead. I pay $9/month, and can watch as many movies on streaming as I want to. Granted, most of the ones I want to see they don't offer on streaming, but still.
I wish there was a Netflix style service in the UK, the Apple TV is a great box but suffers from a real lack of content. Apple needs to hurry up and get more services, like the BBC iPlayer, on this thing.
And I wish we could get the iPlayer here in the States.
Subscription music = Fail.
Subscription video = Win.
It's just that simple, people...
Unless you're willing to cut the cable cord, iTunes TV downloads and Amazon VOD TV downloads just don't make much sense for anything more than the occasional missed episode that you can't find on demand or on a network's web site.
Subscription music = Fail.
Subscription video = Win.
It's just that simple, people...
Couldn't agree more. Who the hell wants to line their walls with DVD's? Rent, view, move on. Or, with netflix, view and view again to your hearts content. I always thought it was odd that Apple didn't get this right. Maybe they did but met with too much resistance from the studios. Netflix, as a little insignificant upstart snuck in the back door while everyone was worrying about falling into the clutches of iTunes and its master.
Subscription music = Fail.
Subscription video = Win.
It's just that simple, people...
Ageed. I'll pay $10 a month to watch movies because I watch them once then move on. But music I listen to over and over (and all over... Car, house, garage, gym, etc.) So I gotta own it!
C'mon, Apple! Give us unlimited movies and tv shows for $10 a month! if Netflix can so it, so can you!
Residential DSL will be capped at 150GB. That's way more than you'll need in a month for a HEAVY Netflix watcher.
I'm not supporting AT&T's decision in any way, but they're doing this to stop the torrenters who download 100 movies a month. It's very unlikely that it'll affect you or anyone you know. According to AT&T, we're talking less than 2%.
I'm an AT&T U-verse customer and use it for Internet access. I'm eager to see how AT&T will be reporting or allowing me to monitor my usage. 150GB feels like a big number.
I stream from Netflix, use iTunes for TV series and Digital Copy from Blu-ray combos, use MobileMe to share files and galleries, stream every Yankees game I can, and more. I'm not opposed to a pay by use because I'm reducing my cable subscription with each advancement in on-demand Internet based service; add to that I know that I use the Net more than most but less than many. I wonder what the usage is for those top 2%.
Now then, my area has plenty of competition for cable/satellite & Internet.
I love the Netflix streaming service through my Apple TV, but I also buy movies from iTunes fairly often-- especially kids movies or movies/tv series we like that aren't on Netflix. It's been years since I purchased a physical disk, and frankly I hope never to dop so again.
I like the combination. Netflix is good for watching older shows that typically get re-run on cable frequently, with the occasional fairly new release. But when there's something new that I missed in theaters, iTunes normally has it. If either Apple offered a streaming service or Netflix offered a rent/buy service for newer videos, it would be a killer service.
I love Apple TV, but I wish I could BUY movies there as well-- buying one movie at a time and letting it copy back to the iTunes library like the old Apple TV is the way to go. It has 8gb flash storage...
the appleTV netflix app is just amazing.
Yeah, got an ATV2 just a few days ago, and I'm loving it.
I do have to be careful where I point the remote, though, as my iMac is at a ~90-deg. angle from where my ATV2 is. A couple times I was trying to play a movie, and the Beatles started playing.
And I wish we could get the iPlayer here in the States.
I read a week or so ago that iPlayer is going global. It said in the US it will be < $10 per month.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...al-iplayer-app
I'll be interested to see exactly what will be included (rights issues), but I'd pay $10 for this.
And I wish we could get the iPlayer here in the States.
BBC announced iPlayer will be coming soon to non-UK countries, but you will have to pay the equivalent of the UK license fee. Still pretty appealing.
But yeah, AppleTV needs content. MLB is great, but keep'em comin' !
BBC announced iPlayer will be coming soon to non-UK countries, but you will have to pay the equivalent of the UK license fee. Still pretty appealing.
But yeah, AppleTV needs content. MLB is great, but keep'em comin' !
This is what I've been calling for for years! YAY! I'm totally willing to pay the fee.
Thank you.
I love Netflix, but the picture quality isn't great on streaming (worse than iTunes HD in most cases) and the servers seem to be strained recently. Sunday evenings for example is really bad
Residential DSL will be capped at 150GB. That's way more than you'll need in a month for a HEAVY Netflix watcher.
I'm not supporting AT&T's decision in any way, but they're doing this to stop the torrenters who download 100 movies a month. It's very unlikely that it'll affect you or anyone you know. According to AT&T, we're talking less than 2%.
Yes it will affect you. Right now before you watch a movie, you just think what you want to watch. With the cap, you'll first want to know how many GB would it take. Then nearing end of a month, you'll try to remember if you are close to the limit or not. If you have multiple computers, and multiple users accessing data, you'll have a great time trying to sum up everything before watching a movie.