*On-Demand Programme Viewing on Mobile Devices Grows 99 Percent in Past Year*
LONDON, U.K., 29 September, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from its comScore MobiLens service showing that the number of people viewing video on mobile devices has increased 66 percent in the past year to 12.1 million mobile consumers across the EU5 countries (U.K., France, Germany, Spain and Italy).
The U.K. and Italy each boast 2.7 million mobile video consumers, up 75 percent from July 2009 in the U.K. market and up 55 percent in the Italian market. Spain is demonstrating the fastest growth, with mobile video consumption up 90 percent in the past year to 1.7 million subscribers.
Mobile TV/Video Consumption by European Country July 2010 vs. July 2009 (3 Month Avg.) Total EU5 (U.K., DE, FR, ES and IT), Age 13+ Source: comScore MobiLens |
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Mobile Subscribers Who Watched TV/Video On Mobile Phone Ever In Month (000) |
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Jul-09 |
Jul-10 |
% Change |
EU5 |
7,292 |
12,122 |
66 % |
U.K. |
1,553 |
2,712 |
75 % |
Italy |
1,750 |
2,711 |
55 % |
France |
1,684 |
2,570 |
53 % |
Germany |
1,416 |
2,438 |
72 % |
Spain |
890 |
1,691 |
90 % |
On-Demand in High Demand
Mobile TV/Video Consumption July 2010 vs. July 2009 (3 Month Avg.) Total EU5 (U.K., DE, FR, ES and IT), Age 13+ Source: comScore MobiLens |
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Mobile Subscribers Who Watched TV/Video On Mobile Phone (000) |
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Jul-2009 |
Jul-2010 |
% Change |
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Total Audience: 13+ yrs old |
226,500 |
230,500 |
N/A |
Watched TV and/or video on mobile phone ever in month |
7,292 |
12,122 |
66% |
Watched any programmed mobile TV/video |
4,265 |
7,819 |
83% |
Watched Broadcast TV programming |
2,041 |
3,469 |
70% |
Watched On-demand video or TV programming |
2,630 |
5,224 |
99% |
Watched any TV/video sideloaded to phone |
4,082 |
6,210 |
52% |
“The era of ‘video-on-the-go’ has finally arrived,” says comScore European VP Mobile, Jeremy Copp. “We’ve seen major developments throughout the mobile space – in networks, in devices and in software and applications – and now we’re seeing the result: a rapidly growing audience of consumers accessing video on their mobiles, be it broadcast, on-demand or sideloaded.”
Smartphones Drive Mobile Video Trend
Mobile TV/Video Consumption on Smartphones July 2010 (3 Month Avg.) Total EU5 (U.K., DE, FR, ES and IT), Age 13+ Source: comScore MobiLens |
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Smartphone Subscribers Who Watched TV/Video On Mobile Phone (000) |
Proportion of Total Viewers viewing on Smartphone (%) |
EU5 |
8,208 |
67.7 % |
U.K. |
2,174 |
80.2 % |
Italy |
1,752 |
64.6 % |
France |
1,741 |
67.7 % |
Germany |
1,329 |
54.5 % |
Spain |
1,212 |
71.7 % |
“Smartphone owners are clearly driving the mobile video trend, an indication that more growth is on the horizon as an increasing number of smartphones hit the market,” Mr. Copp continued. “We’ve also seen that recent releases such as Apple’s iPad and Samsung’s Galaxy Tab are designed to offer an incredible video experience, and when coupled with services such as the BBC iPlayer for mobile, make this an extremely interesting sector to watch.”
July 2010 European Mobile Benchmark Data
Mobile Benchmark Data for the European Market 3 Month Average Ending July 2010 Total EU5 (UK, DE, FR, ES and IT), Age 13+ Source: comScore MobiLens |
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Reach (%) of Mobile Subscribers |
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EU5 |
U.K. |
France |
Germany |
Italy |
Spain |
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Sent text message to another phone |
82.5% |
90.6% |
80.7% |
80.7% |
78.6% |
81.4% |
Used application [including games] |
35.7% |
41.8% |
25.9% |
35.3% |
38.6% |
37.1% |
Used browser |
26.2% |
37.4% |
25.1% |
21.1% |
23.7% |
23.6% |
Listened to music on mobile phone |
24.6% |
23.6% |
21.1% |
26.8% |
22.2% |
30.5% |
Accessed Social Networking Site or Blog |
15.3% |
24.6% |
14.0% |
9.3% |
15.0% |
13.6% |
Accessed news and information |
29.9% |
37.1% |
27.9% |
24.1% |
32.6% |
27.8% |
Smartphone [Platform] |
26.4% |
28.5% |
19.3% |
20.3% |
34.1% |
31.9% |
3G Subscribers [Device Generation] |
45.3% |
44.6% |
40.8% |
41.8% |
46.6% |
56.0% |
*Source: comScore