It can sometimes seem like there are dozens of streaming services vying for your subscription dollar, but that’s not entirely right. There are, in fact, hundreds. Parks Associates tracks 370 streamers in the United States and 234 in Canada, and based on their data, once you separate out the various spinoff or subsidiary streamers, you’re talking 336 standalone streaming services in operation, up from 243 streamers a decade ago but down from a high of 366 in 2022. Thanks to consolidation, acquisition and the invisible hand of the market reaching for the remote, we’re actually down 10 subscription streaming services last quarter alone, with BET+, CTV Throwback and Movies and OHL Live all getting absorbed by larger libraries, FIFA+ moving to DAZN and FanDuel Sports straight up going bust.
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