Do Online Video Platforms Cannibalize Television? How Viewers are Moving from Old Screens to New Ones

This study investigated whether (and how) online video platforms displace television with respect to time investment and viewership.

Do Online Video Platforms Cannibalize Television? How Viewers are Moving from Old Screens to New Ones

Jiyoung Cha

George Mason University

Management slant

  • This study investigated whether and how online video platforms displace television with respect to time investment and viewership.
  • This study revealed that the existence of the time displacement effect depends on: 1) what type of online video venues consumers use; 2) how much video content overlaps between online video platforms and television in general; and 3) what type of video content consumers watch online.
  • The...

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