Video Makes it Big on the Small Screen in Europe
By Comscore Inc., PRNETuesday, 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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