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43.4%

43.4% -- streaming share of tv watch time for US total TV watch time (Nielsen) (2024-12)

2024-12  · Nielsen

In December 2024, streaming consumption accounted for 43.4% of all TV watch time according to Nielsen data.

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US total TV watch time (Nielsen)
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https://www.reachafrica.com/post/is-december-south-africa-s-new-prime-time ↗
Confidence: 53/100 Vintage: 2024-12 Channel: Deep Crawl
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Is December South Africa’s new prime time?
Is December South Africa’s new prime time? Viewers might go on holiday, but viewing certainly doesn’t, says Leslie Adams, Sales Director at Reach Africa. For years, the industry has repeated the same old December cliché: Come the unofficial start of the summer holidays with the long weekend of the 1…
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Streaming's share of total TV watch time in December 2024, per Nielsen data cited in the article.

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US total TV watch time (Nielsen): 43.4% streaming share of tv watch time. Source: Nielsen (2024-12). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/nielsen-us-streaming-share-tv-time-dec-2024
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