Channel 4 Shows a Skew Towards 15-24 Year old Brits Watching Long-form Content Online
LONDON, U.K., April 26, 2010 – Comscore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the Comscore Video Metrix service indicating that 5.5 billion videos were viewed online in the U.K. in February 2010, up 37 percent versus the previous year.
Google Sites Most Popular Online Video Destination in U.K.Driven by the popularity of YouTube.com (which accounted for 99.6 percent of all videos viewed on the property), Google Sites grew 17 percent versus a year ago to further solidify its position as the leading online video viewing property in the U.K., with 2.5 billion videos viewed in February 2010. BBC Sites ranked second with 140 million videos viewed on its sites followed by Megavideo.com with 53 million videos.
Facebook ranked as the fastest growing video property in the top 10, surging 205 percent in the past year to 43 million videos viewed. Blinkx was the second fastest, growing 204 percent to nearly 29 million videos viewed. BBC Sites (up 143 percent), ITV sites (up 134 percent) and Sky Sites (up 139 percent) also achieved triple-digit growth rates over the past year.
Top U.K. Online Video Content Properties* by Videos ViewedFebruary 2010 vs. February 2009Total U.K., Age 15+ – Home & Work LocationsSource: Comscore Video Metrix
Property
Videos Viewed (000)
Feb-09
Feb-10
% Change
Total Internet : Total Audience
4,017,400
5,504,984
37
Google Sites
2,111,012
2,477,398
17
BBC Sites
57,567
139,788
143
Megavideo.com
26,289
53,485
103
Facebook.com
14,001
42,674
205
Microsoft Sites
36,899
41,424
12
Channel4
31,335
39,364
26
Dailymotion.com
17,804
31,360
76
ITV Sites
12,085
28,245
134
Blinkx
9,501
28,840
204
Sky Sites
8,171
19,541
139
*Rankings based on video content sites; excludes video server networks. Online video includes both streaming and progressive download video. Growth for Top 10 Sites not fastest growing sites within category.
“The U.K. online video market continues to soar and is attracting a greater and greater share of Internet users’ attention,” said Mike Read, SVP and Managing Director, Comscore Europe. “In particular, we’ve seen eyeballs move towards the online channel to watch more long-form, professional video content, such as popular broadcast network TV shows. This trend presents a significant opportunity to advertisers, as Comscore research has consistently shown that online video advertising is effective at building brands.”
Channel 4’s Young Audience Consumes Highest Number of Videos per ViewerThe online video viewing audience at the sites of the U.K.’s leading TV stations exhibit significantly different skews by age and gender. While the BBC’s video viewing audience tends to be male (index of 110) and spread between the ages of 25 and 54, Channel 4 skews heavily toward the 15-24 year old age group with an index of 154. The site was visited evenly by males and females but women watched five more videos (21.7) then male viewers on the site during the month. ITV Sites had the least appeal to males (index 84) and captured a larger proportion of female viewers of all three sites (index 119).
Comparison of Top 3 TV Broadcast Network Content SitesFebruary 2010Total U.K., Age 6+ – Home & Work LocationsSource: Comscore Video Metrix
Target Audience
Channel 4
Composition Index for Unique Viewers*
Videos per Viewer
Composition Index for Unique Viewers
Total Audience
100
15.7
18.8
13.5
All Males
110
15.8
16.3
84
12.7
All Females
90
15.5
99
21.7
119
14.1
Persons - Age
15-24
88
15.2
154
21.5
92
16.7
25-34
112
15.0
121
17.4
98
12.1
35-44
113
17.5
80
20.9
104
45-54
15.1
82
14.4
115
13.1
55+
89
14.9
65
17.0
101
11.7
*Composition Index = % of Viewers at a Site from a Particular Demo Segment / % of Total Internet Population from the Demo Segment x 100; Index of 100 indicates average representation.
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Ayaan MohamudComscore, Inc. + 44 (0) 203-111-1758worldpress@comscore.com