Hardware
- The television screen remains the preferred screen for viewing home entertainment
- There are 116.3 million TV homes in the U.S.
- 72 million households have Blu-ray compatible devices
- 79% of people who own a Smart TV connect it to the Internet
- Viewing of video on mobile devices is equal between Smartphones and Tablets
2013 Video Spending
$18.2 billion in physical and digital spending:
- $7.5 billion in disc sales
- $4.2 billion in disc rentals
- $3.2 billion in online subscriptions
- $2.0 billion in digital rental and VOD
- $1.3 billion in digital sales
2013 saw increases in:
- Blu-ray Disc sales were up 5%
- Electronic sell-through was up 50%
- Transactional video-on-demand was up 5%
- Subscription streaming was up 32%
2013 Consumer Video Spending:
- Disc sales and rental – 30%
- Pay TV (premium cable) – 29%
- Box Office – 25%
- VOD/EST – 16%
2013 Studio Video Revenue:
- Disc sales and rental – 37%
- Box Office – 25%
- VOD/EST – 21%
- Pay TV (premium cable) – 17%