If you don’t already have an Apple TV, Roku, Chromecast, or other internet-connected device attached to your TV now, there’s a really good chance that’ll change in the next year or two. According to new research from The NPD Group, more than 238 million web-connected devices that deliver apps to TVs will be installed in the U.S. by 2019.
This research, if it comes to pass, represents a nearly 60 percent increase between 2015 and 2019.
John Buffone, executive director, industry analyst, NPD, also pointed out that this trend will also be accompanied by the merger of streaming devices and television sets. Said Buffone:
“The integration of streaming media player operating systems into TVs points to the beginning of a consolidation of operating systems that app developers will need to focus on in order to reach their audience,”
Do you have a streaming media device in your home, Insiders, or will you soon?
[via Home Media Magazine]
3 rokus, and 1 fire stick. if you want to count gaming consoles we have 3 more
1. Roku 3. And one Roku 4 K Tv..
Cut Cable Dump Dish, went with Roku first, Apple TV, Amazon, Netflix, dumped them all for super media center, no more monthly or per movie fees, that is where the future is going, who needs cable or dish direct or any of these monopolies who have ripped us off for years. I have saved thousands over the past couple years since switching to streaming media center, and never have to pay per view or rent a movie again. The future is here and now. RIP
Yes, I have half-a dozen “Web-Connected TV Devices” – in set-top devices, Blu-ray players, TVs, DVRs, etc. and I use none of them. How do they make any useful conclusions from this statistic?