Sony’s Playstation Vue Outpaces Competitors In Product


The product is where another competitor in the space has quietly been able to shine, according to new data from streaming TV intelligence platform Conviva.

Sony, through its Playstation Vue streaming service, offers a suite of streaming channels similar to those offered by the vMVPD competition.

Conviva conducted a study of Playstation Vue’s streaming product and benchmarked it against the competitors. Playstation Vue had a rebuffering ratio of 0.36%, compared to the industry benchmark of 0.4%, and the median of 1.12%. It hit that ratio while delivering streaming video at a bit rate of 4.59 Mbps, compared to the industry median of 3.07 Mbps.