Limelight’s State of Online Video 2020 research report highlights the latest findings in an ongoing series of consumer surveys about online viewing habits and opinions. This report is based on 5,000 responses from consumers in France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States, ages 18 and older, who watch one hour or more of online video content each week.
Conviva is the intelligence cloud for streaming media. We analyze content, social media, advertising, and quality of experience, including 1.8 trillion real-time events per day via 3.3 billion applications streaming on devices in 180 countries. In this report, we will share details on the closing quarter of 2020. While many industries struggled amid the pressures of COVID-19, streaming comparatively flourished. New streaming services emerged from well-established television players, capturing the hearts and minds and dollars of entertainment-starved fans. Social media rose to the occasion in 2020 as well, as organizations waded through murky waters deploying data to stake their beachhead amidst the swells.
Recurring Research
The following are recurring research reports, updated each year by their respective company.
Video Developer Report (2021)
Bitmovin's Annual Video Developer Report provides key insights into the evolving technology trends of the digital video industry. This report acts as a handy reference for how the video streaming industry is shaped by consumer demands and technology challenges for the coming year.
Industry Research and Analysis
There are a number of excellent research and analyst firms providing reports about the streaming video/OTT market, trends, technologies, and more. Some technology vendors and professional services firms have also produced insightful consumer or industry research. We have collected some of those reports below. Click on the link to go to the report page. In some cases, where the report is provided free-of-charge, we have linked to it directly. You may need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these documents. If there is a report, some vendor research, or a tool that’s missing, please let us know!
Member Company Research
- Charting Global Sports Piracy: Q2, 2020 (Synamedia)
- State of Streaming: Q1 2020, Europe (Conviva)
- State of Streaming: Q3 2020 (Conviva)
- State of Streaming: Q4 2020 (Conviva)
- The Changing Nature of TV: 2019 (CenturyLink)
- The State of Online Video: 2020 (Limelight Networks)
- US Mobile Streaming Behavior Study: Q2 2020 (Penthera)
Member Company eBooks
Reports
- Over the Top (OTT) and Multiscreen Video and Digital Content (ABI research)
- Low and Ultra-Low Latency Video (ABI research)
- OVER THE TOP (OTT) MARKET To 2025 (Big Market Research)
- Netflix Revenue and Usage Statistics (2020)
- Predictions 2020: Media (Forrester)
- The Forrester Streaming Media Wave: US Apps, Q4 2019 (Forrester)
- Global Media Streaming Devices Market, Forecast to 2024 (Frost & Sullivan)
- Over-the-Top TV Advertising Opportunities (Gartner)
- Video Streaming Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report By Streaming Scope, By Solution Scope, By Platform Scope, By Revenue Model, By Service, By Deployment, By User, And Segment Forecasts, 2019 - 2025 (Grand View Research)
- Multicast ABR to Keep Cable IP Video Streams Flowing (Heavy Reading)
- White Paper: 8 Trends Shaping the OTT Space (Horowitz Research)
- Global Over-The-Top (OTT) Market Trends, Applications, Analysis, Growth, And Forecast: 2018 To 2027 (MarketResearch.biz)
- Over-the-Top Services (OTT) Market by Type (Online Gaming, Music Streaming, VoD and Communication), Monetization Model (Subscription-based, Advertising-based, and Transaction-based), Streaming Device, Vertical, and Region - Global Forecast to 2024 (Markets and Markets)
- 2021 Sports D2C Forecast (MediaKind)
- TV in Your Pocket: Mobile video download report Q4 2019 (nScreenMedia)
- UK: Mobile, Broadband, TV, and OTT Video Report (Ovum)
- OTT Video Forecast Report: 2019–2024 (Ovum)
- Global Markets – The Lifecycle of OTT Services (ParksAssociates)
- OTT Video Services: Disruptive Globalization (ParksAssociates)
- The United States SVOD Market Demand Report 2019 (Parrot Analytics)
- Addressable advertising boom across all regions and platforms (reThink Research)
- SRT triggers “live” video surge – bigger than SVoD (reThink Research)
- 2021 Global Video Advertising Trends (SpotX)
- Digital Media Report 2019 - Video-on-Demand (Statista)
- Media & Entertainment Predictions for 2020 (StrategyAnalytics)
- Big-3 SVOD Content Arms Race, Second Edition (The Diffusion Group)
Other Vendor Research
Interactive Research Tools
Analyst Firms
Click on a logo to find out more about the firms. We have tried, when possible, to link to a list of their streaming video-specific research material.
