[opendtv] Nielsen: Digital Video Viewing On Rise | Multichannel

  • From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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  • Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 12:45:15 -0400

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Nielsen: Digital Video Viewing On Rise

Nielsen’s new cross-platform video analysis finds daily TV viewing is off 
slightly but online video viewing is surging, so that overall time spent with 
media content has risen.

The Q2 2014 Cross-Platform Report out today finds that daily time watching 
traditional live television is still more than four and a half hours per day, 
which is down a bit from a year ago, depending on whether the age range is 
18-34 (2%), 35-49 (1%) or 50-64 (2%).

Digital video consumption daily though is up among the 18-34 group by 53%, to 
35 minutes; among the 35-49 group by 80%, to 26 minutes, and even up 60%, to 19 
minutes, among those ages 50-64. “It’s not just a young versus ‘older’ story,” 
Dounia Turrill, SVP Insights at Nielsen, said in an introduction to the report.

“Today, content is delivered and consumed through competing deliver platforms, 
networks and screens,” Turrill said in the report. “Never before have we seen 
this level of fragmentation and yet, the sum total of media consumed is 
growing. In fact, year over year among the younger 18-34 demo media consumption 
has grown 4% overall, 2% among Hispanics, 8% among blacks and 10% among Asians.”

Smartphone use is really surging. The devices have a 72% penetration in the 
United States, and tablets are up to 39% now, Nielsen said.


Regards
Craig

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