For Netflix, 2018 marked another year of double-digit audience growth in the US, and its movie ambitions threatened to shake up cinema in the way that it has already shaken the TV industry. In this "Behind the Numbers" playlist, you can track Netflix's progress around the world, as well as its stumbles.

The US digital video marketplace continues to show strong vital signs, with positive indicators including growth projections in programmatic buying and overall ad spending, momentum in subscription-based monetization, platform launches and gains in time spent viewing.

In the annual Digital Trends report, eMarketer predicts what will matter to marketers in 2019, in areas ranging from voice technology to digital video to the “ad tech tax.” It also notes some buzzed-about topics that won’t achieve trend status next year.

Growth estimates and the key near-term drivers for addressable, programmatic, and over-the-top TV.

A lot of companies in the ad industry hope to profit from the digitalization of TV. But as with any big change, uncertainty creates some fear.

This year, we expect 170.1 million people in the US will use a subscription OTT service, like Netflix—making up 60.8% of internet users.

In the first of a three-part series on digital video and TV, analyst Paul Verna breaks down the data on ad spending and subscription fees. When will digital video ad spend catch up with TV ad spend? How much subscription income is flowing into services like Netflix and Hulu?

The media consumption habits of consumers around the world continues to evolve. eMarketer’s 2018 Global Media Intelligence Report examines consumers’ traditional and digital media activities in 40 countries.

This third annual StatPack compiles key metrics around digital video, television and the relationship between them.

Ad tech vendors and digitally savvy publishers would like to cash in on the digitization of TV advertising. But that may take a while.

Daily time spent with digital media will surpass traditional media in 2018. Increased time with digital video, which will reach 1 hour, 26 minutes, is a main driver of the increase of time spent with digital media.

Today, more than four of every five US digital display ad dollars transact programmatically. This report looks at the trends driving programmatic ad spending to $68.87 billion by 2020, breaking it down by transaction type, format and device.

Video monetization is strong across advertising and consumer-supported platforms, signaling overall health in the market. As new digital platforms emerge and existing ones solidify their positions, viewing continues to veer away from linear TV and toward digitally connected screens of all sizes and types.

In primarily English-language countries, Netflix has a clear track record of success, with a majority of over-the-top users in those markets using its services. But if it hasn’t filled out its slate of localized content, adoption is slower.

Asia-Pacific is home to some of the fastest-growing markets in the world for subscription OTT video users. Viewership is forecast to increase 35.2% to 331.5 million in 2018.

Adoption of subscription OTT video services is taking off across the EU-5. Between 2018 and 2022, the number of subscription OTT video users will increase from 72.6 million to 93.4 million, or more than 28% of the population.

Scott Rosenberg, Roku’s senior vice president and general manager of platform, spoke about how the digital video company approaches programmatic ad selling.

Scott Rosenberg, senior vice president and general manager of platform at Roku, discusses the company’s ad business and what advertisers want to see before they shift more ad dollars from traditional TV to connected TV.

Pooja Midha, president of true[X], explains what needs to happen for connected TV advertising to reach its full potential.

According to our latest forecast, a record number of US consumers will have pulled the plug on pay TV by the end of this year. In order to slow the viewer exodus, traditional TV providers are teaming up with an unlikely partner: OTT services.