Amazon’s Prime Video Channels marketplace is responsible for more than half of all new subscriptions to smaller, niche and special streaming services like AMC Plus, Crunchyroll, BET Plus and BBC Select, according to a new report by measurement firm Antenna. The report examined consumer streaming trends during the second quarter (Q2) of the year.
The Antenna report says nearly one-third of subscription video on-demand (SVOD) customers used a specialty streaming platform by the end of Q2, with specialty SVOD growth logged at 25.4 percent, up nearly 4 percentage points compared to Q1.
AMC Plus is driving the growth with 15 percent of new sign-ups during Q2, followed by Amazon’s own MGM Plus with 14 percent and Crunchryoll at 12 percent.
Amazon is driving 58 percent of sales among smaller and niche SVOD platforms, Antenna affirmed, owed in large part to the marketing prowess of Prime Video, the streaming service that comes free with a Prime membership. On most devices, Prime Video allows customers to add other SVOD services through the Prime Video Channels marketplace, with content immediately available through the Prime Video app.
Other streaming platforms like Apple TV, Roku and YouTube have similar marketplaces, but are not driving the same level of growth as Amazon and Prime Video, Antenna said.
