Netflix Vs. Apple: Who Rules Online Video? | Wall St. Cheat Sheet

It?s no secret that consumers are increasingly moving from traditional sources of entertainment content towards Internet-based content delivery. Two of the biggest beneficiaries of this growing trend have been Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX). ?The only question is: which of these companies is actually the leader in this brave new world of online video?

It turns out that the answer depends on what specific type of content delivery method you are measuring. When it comes to video downloads, Apple emerges as the clear market leader. Apple recently released its astounding movie and television show download rates via a press release that stated, ?iTunes users have downloaded more than one billion TV episodes and 380 million movies from iTunes to date, and they are purchasing over 800,000 TV episodes and over 350,000 movies per day.?

According to research firm NPD Group, Apple accounted for 67 percent of the TV show download market and 65 percent of the movie download market in 2012. Microsoft?s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Xbox was iTunes? closest competitor, and it only held 14 percent of the download market for TV shows and 10 percent of the market for movies.

However, when it comes to the subscription-based video streaming market, Netflix emerges as the clear leader. According to NPD Group, Netflix accounted for 90 percent of the subscription video-on-demand market in the first quarter of 2013.

Source: http://wallstcheatsheet.com/stocks/netflix-vs-apple-who-rules-online-video.html/

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