-- After years of continual growth, the number of new streaming services launching has come to a halt, with no new major service scheduled to launch in 2022. Reviewing the last 10 years of an industry that rapidly expanded, there were 30 major launches of new...
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YouTube Ads Have Increased By Almost 45% in the Last Year
If you feel like you have been seeing more ads on YouTube this year, you're not imagining things. A study conducted by the GammaWire analytics team has determined that the average YouTube user in the United States is seeing an almost 45% increase in pre-roll...
The Average Cable Bill Is Now Over $250 Per Household in 2022
-- The average cable bill in the US is now $251This is a 15.5% increase over the last four yearsInflation and cost increases for service are most responsible for price increases over the last 12 months. In an economy where everything seems to only be getting more...
How Much Does the Average College Football Player Get Paid?
For the longest time, it was against NCAA rules for college athletes to capitalize on their position to make money. While there were a lot of winks and nudges (and plenty of schools and players punished for abusing these rules), recent rule changes have allowed many...
Amazon Making Play for NFL Sunday Ticket Streaming Rights
With major NFL broadcasting rights up for renegotiation in the coming years, it should come as no surprise that there will be some changes into how football fans will access their favorite NFL team's games. Over the last several years, there has been an increase in...
The Number of Cities With Municipal Broadband Has Jumped Over 450% in Two Years
Study findings: In 2018, there were just over 100 cities and municipalities offering public broadband.In 2020, that number increased to over 560 cities and municipalities offering public broadband, a 460% increase.According to public records accessed by GammaWire,...
It Would Cost Over $500 Per Month to Subscribe to Every Streaming Service in the US
Fast facts: The total cost of every streaming service available in the US exceeds $580There are 52 total streaming services included in this calculationWhile the above number is shocking, most consumers only subscribe to 2-5 individual services at a time (but this...
Majority of US Consumers Would Accept Slower Delivery if Amazon Treated Staff Better
In a survey of 1,242 US residents completed March 29th - April 5th, 2021, the GammaWire research team found that the majority of consumers say they would accept longer delivery wait times in exchange for guaranteed better working conditions for Amazon delivery drivers...
Most Americans Don’t Care if Smart Devices Tracking Their Every Move
It's a common argument: "If I'm not doing anything wrong or illegal, what do I care if someone is recording me?" A recent study found that the majority of Americans don't care if their smart devices are always listening. The Safety.com team found that 66% of survey...
Netflix is Spending 5X More on Content Than They Were Five Years ago
And Almost 3x More Than the Closest Competitors Netflix is estimated to be spending over 20 billion dollars on content in 2020, a 5x increase over their 2015 budget.The closest competitor, Amazon, is estimated to have spent 6 billion dollars on content in 2019, or...