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comScore Releases July 2011 U.S. Online Video Rankings

By Guest PostAugust 22, 2011Technologyamericans, brightroll video network, Comscore, Facebook, Google, howcast, hulu, internet users, machinima, maker studios, Microsoft, online video content, vevo, viacom digital, video metrix, YouTube, youtube partner channels

*comScore Announces Availability of New YouTube Partner Reporting*

RESTON, VA, August 22, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore Video Metrix service showing that 180 million U.S. Internet users watched online video content in July for an average of 18.5 hours per viewer. The total U.S. Internet audience engaged in a record 6.9 billion viewing sessions.

YouTube Partner Reporting Now Available in Video Metrix

comScore is now able to provide YouTube Partner Reporting within the Video Metrix offering, for a never-before-seen look at viewership across hundreds of YouTube partners and their channels. This new feature provides a comprehensive and granular view of the unique audiences within different YouTube partner channels, enabling advertisers to more-easily create and optimize campaigns across specific channels to reach desired target audiences. The July data release for YouTube Partner Reporting includes dozens of beta partners, while comScore and Google plan to initiate reporting of more partners with the release of August data. (more…)

Chemistry Never Sounded This Good!

By Guest PostJune 18, 2011Educationalex jaksha, ali lanewala, beatles, chem 14d jedi, chemistry, chemistry jedis, chemistry jock, concepts like salvation, daniel brenners, edgar gonzalez; forget that, frank choe, gargonauts, hydrogenation, immunology and molecular genetics, john boles, jordan halfman, justin banaga, kevin nishida, kimberly bui, lady gaga, let it be, michelle azurin, microbiology, mike dai, music, music video, myan pham, nakia sarad, neil garg, o chem toolbox, organic chemistry course, professor neil garg, rachel stafford lewis, sean nguyen, sophomore, ucla, video, we're yours, yannick goeb, YouTube

*UCLA students set organic chemistry to music, from Beatles to Lady Gaga*

By now, the word is out at UCLA that undergraduates in Neil Garg’s organic chemistry course produce clever, creative music videos as an extra-credit assignment. The bigger secret may be just how much chemistry they learn by doing so, as none of them are chemistry majors and most admit they didn’t like chemistry when the class started.

It’s a little too soon to say which music video will be this year’s sensation. A strong candidate is “We’re Yours” by the Gargonauts — Rachel Stafford-Lewis, Myan Pham, Ali Lanewala and Jordan Halfman — which achieves the desired trifecta of excellent chemistry in a video that sounds and looks great. But unlike last year, when one video, “Chemistry Jock” — which has become the gold standard of the genre, with 38,000 YouTube views and many fans — ran away from the competition, this year’s field is much deeper. (more…)

comScore Releases May 2011 U.S. Online Video Rankings

By Guest PostJune 17, 2011Technologybrightroll video network, Comscore, Facebook, Google, hulu, internet users, online video, tremor media video network, vevo, viacom digital, video ads, Yahoo, YouTube

*Average YouTube Viewer Watched More Than 5 Hours of Video*

RESTON, VA, June 17, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore Video Metrix service showing that 176 million U.S. Internet users watched online video content in May for an average of 15.9 hours per viewer. The total U.S. Internet audience engaged in more than 5.6 billion viewing sessions during the course of the month.

Top 10 Video Content Properties by Unique Viewers

Google Sites, driven primarily by video viewing at YouTube.com, ranked as the top online video content property in May with 147.2 million unique viewers, followed by VEVO with 60.4 million viewers and Yahoo! Sites with 55.5 million viewers. Facebook.com came in fourth with 48.2 million viewers, while Viacom Digital ranked fifth with 46.5 million viewers. Google Sites had the highest number of viewing sessions with more than 2.1 billion, and highest time spent per viewer at 311 minutes, crossing the 5-hour mark for the first time. (more…)

Germany Leads Europe in Online Video Viewing

By Guest PostJune 14, 2011Technologybbc sites, Comscore, comscore video metrix, dailymotion, european countries, Facebook, france, Germany, Google, italy, mike read, online video viewing, prosiebensat1 sites, russia, spain, turkey, uk, YouTube, youtube channel

*Internet Users in Germany, Turkey, Spain and UK Watch Average of At Least 30 Minutes a Day of Online Video*

LONDON, UK, 14 June, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released April 2011 data from the comScore Video Metrix service, showing that Germany leads in online video viewing across several reporting metrics for the European countries currently reported in comScore Video Metrix (France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain, Turkey and UK).

“Online video is beginning to compete with traditional television viewing for people’s attention, and Internet users in several European countries are leading the way,” said Mike Read, comScore SVP of Europe. “Germany is not only the largest European market for online video viewing but also the most engaged at nearly 20 hours per viewer per month, while several other countries are not far behind.” (more…)

comScore Releases March 2011 U.S. Online Video Rankings

By Guest PostApril 12, 2011Technologyamericans, aol, brightroll video network, Comscore, comscore video metrix, google sites, hulu, internet audience, internet user, online video, online video content, tremor media video network, u s, vevo, yahoo! Sites, YouTube

*Google Sites Nears 2 Billion Content Viewing Sessions*

RESTON, VA, April 12, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore Video Metrix service showing that 174 million U.S. Internet users watched online video content in March for an average of 14.8 hours per viewer. The total U.S. Internet audience engaged in more than 5.7 billion viewing sessions during the course of the month. (more…)

comScore Launches Online Video Measurement Service in Turkey

By Guest PostApril 7, 2011TechnologyComscore, dailymotion, Facebook, mike read, nokta, online video, tümay asena, turkey, turkish market, turkish online population, video metrix, videos, YouTube

*More Turkish Viewers Watch Online Video on Facebook Than YouTube*

London, UK, April 7, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today announced the launch of Video Metrix in Turkey. This online video measurement service, which was the first to market in the U.S. more than four years ago, has been developed to enable comScore’s clients to succeed in the online video marketplace. The debut Video Metrix report in Turkey showed that nearly 3 billion online videos were viewed by 20.2 million unique viewers in February 2011.

“At Nokta, we are firm believers in the value of transparency – not just to our business, but to the marketplace as a whole […],” says Tümay Asena, CEO at Nokta Medya. ”After a quick and easy tag implementation process, we are now looking forward to being able to showcase the full value of our video offering in ways that suit both the targeting needs of media planners, and the Nokta business model. The introduction of Video Metrix, comScore’s video measurement service, will make a true difference to the Turkish market.” (more…)

3 of 4 Online Users in New Zealand Watch Online Video

By Guest PostMarch 30, 2011Technologyamy weinberger, Comscore, demographic analysis, google sites, mediaworks, new zealand, new zealanders, online video, video viewers, YouTube

*Males Spend 64 Percent More Time Viewing Online Video than Females*

*comScore Releases Latest Online Video Rankings for New Zealand*

Auckland, New Zealand, March 30, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its latest study of online video viewing habits in New Zealand based on data from the comScore Video Metrix service, which was launched in New Zealand earlier this year. The report found that 2.1 million online users in New Zealand watched online video in February 2011, representing 77 percent of the total online population. Google Sites led the market as the top online video property, driven largely by viewership at YouTube.com.

“Video viewing is an important and growing online activity for New Zealanders, with online viewers watching more than one video every day on average,” said Amy Weinberger, comScore vice president for Australia and New Zealand. “Online video offers an especially engaging experience for consumers that translates into the potential for high quality advertising impressions from desirable audiences that can be delivered at scale.” (more…)

comScore Releases February 2011 U.S. Online Video Rankings

By Guest PostMarch 17, 2011Technologyamericans, Comscore, comscore video metrix, Facebook, google sites, hulu, internet users, microsoft sites, online video content, spotxchange video ad network, vevo, yahoo! Sites, YouTube

*Microsoft Sites Jumps to Second Place in Video Content Ranking*

RESTON, VA, March 17, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore Video Metrix service showing that 170 million U.S. Internet users watched online video content in February for an average of 13.6 hours per viewer. The total U.S. Internet audience engaged in more than 5.0 billion viewing sessions during the course of the month.

Top 10 Video Content Properties by Unique Viewers

Google Sites, driven primarily by video viewing at YouTube.com, ranked as the top online video content property in February with 141.1 million unique viewers. Microsoft Sites captured the #2 ranking (up from #7) with 48.8 million viewers, followed by Yahoo! Sites with 46.7 million viewers. Facebook.com came in fourth with nearly 46.7 million viewers, while VEVO ranked fifth with 45.9 million viewers. Google Sites had the highest number of viewing sessions with 1.8 billion, and average time spent per viewer at 262 minutes, or 4.4 hours. (more…)