United States Video Streaming Platforms: Rise of the Smart TV

TV manufacturers have steadily worked to improve their smart TV user interfaces and reliability. They have been rewarded by a growing number of consumers using the TV as their primary streaming interface. This report investigates changing consumer preferences for streaming devices, as well as the implications for streaming video services and advertisers. It investigates the use and competitiveness of streaming video platforms such as Tizen TV, LG WebOS, Vizio SmartCast, Roku OS, Android TV/Google TV, Fire TV OS, and Comcast’s X1 platform.