Annual subscription revenue from over-the-top (OTT) providers is estimated to be inching toward the billion-dollar mark in Canada, according to a new report from Convergence Consulting Group Ltd., which estimated a 35-per-cent growth in 2016 to $651 million and forecast a high of $972 million by 2018.

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