OTT service revenue topped $1.5 billion in Canada in 2019, says Convergence report

VICTORIA, B.C. — In its latest Couch Potato reports, the Convergence Research Group estimates Canadian OTT service access revenue grew substantially in 2019, while cable, telco and satellite TV access declined last year. Over the same period, Convergence estimates Canadian residential broadband subscriber additions in 2019 were the highest yearly additions in more than a decade. On the wireless side, Convergence estimates Canadian wireless service ARPU declined only slightly in 2019. Looking more deeply at the data in its The Battle for the Canadian Couch Potato: OTT and TV, April 2020 report, based on 43 OTT services (more than 30...