OTT in half world’s TV homes by 2020

The number of households watching online TV and video (over fixed broadband networks and across 51 countries) will reach 706.53 million in 2020, up from 196.90 million in 2010 and the 374.43 million expected in 2014, according to a new report from Digital TV Research.

Asia Pacific will gain 231 million more OTT TV homes between 2013 and 2020 – or 61 per cent of the global additions over the same period, according to the Global Online TV & Video Household Forecasts report. China alone will add 140 million, taking its 2020 total to 206 million – or more than the whole of Europe. China will overtake the US in 2014 to take top slot.

By 2020, 47.6 per cent of the world’s TV households will view online television and video, up from 15.4 per cent in 2010. South Korea (79.8 per cent) will have the highest proportion by country by 2020, with India (21.9 per cent) at the other end of the scale.http://advanced-television.com/2014/09/09/ott-in-half-worlds-tv-homes-by-2020/