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Netflix subscriptions hit 39%; YouTube videos, TV shows, top list of streamed video in Canada: MTM reports

OTTAWA – Despite homegrown competitors, Netflix penetration in Canada has jumped 33% in the last year, while four-fifths of Anglophones now report watching online video every month, according to two new reports from Media Technology Monitor (MTM).The report The Rise of Netflix examines how Canadians are changing the way they consume Internet TV service, and credits Netflix as the company that is best taking advantage of this consumer shift.Highlights from that report include:- After five years in the Canadian market, 39% of Anglophones report subscribing to Netflix, and one third of subscribers have had their subscription for at least two years;-  Netflix...