Video Makes it Big on the Small Screen in Europe

By Comscore Inc., PRNE
Tuesday, September 28, 2010

On-Demand Programme Viewing on Mobile Devices Grows 99 Percent in Past Year

LONDON, September 29, 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).

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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

                          Mobile Subscribers Who Watched
                          TV/Video On Mobile Phone Ever
                                  In Month (000)
                        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

On-demand video/TV programming in particular experienced substantial
growth in the past year, up 99 percent since July 2009, with 5.2 million
mobile owners across Europe viewing such content. Viewing broadcast TV
programming is also on the rise, up 70 percent to 3.5 million subscribers.

    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

                                              Mobile Subscribers Who Watched
                                                 TV/Video On Mobile Phone
                                                             (000)
                                             -------------------------------
                                             Jul-2009   Jul-2010    % Change
                                             --------   --------    --------
        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

Across the EU5 countries, two out of every three people who viewed mobile
TV/video were smartphone owners. In the U.K. 80.2 percent were smartphone
owners to lead all EU5 countries, followed by Spain (71.7 percent) and France
(67.7 percent).

    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

                        Smartphone
                      Subscribers Who     Proportion of Total
                   Watched TV/Video On    Viewers viewing on
                    Mobile Phone (000)      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

Below are comScore's July 2010 benchmark data, including a review of
mobile consumption behaviours and device penetration for five EU countries.
These benchmark data are published by comScore on a monthly basis to provide
the most up-to-date snapshot of the mobile industry. Further information on
these benchmark data, and other data included above, can be provided upon
request.

    Mobile Benchmark Data for the European Market
    3 Month Average Ending July 2010
    Total EU5 (U.K., DE, FR, ES and IT), Age 13+
    Source: comScore MobiLens

                                    Reach (%) of Mobile Subscribers
                                    -------------------------------
                               EU5   U.K.   France   Germany  Italy  Spain
                               ---   ----   ------   -------  -----  -----
    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%
    ----------------------    ----   ----    ----    ----    ----    ----

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