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Streaming: Just How Big Is It?
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What You’ll Hear From Me Today
comScore’s Research Approach and Methodology The Advertising Opportunity (“Imperative”) Size of the Internet Streaming Marketplace
Radio – AudioVideo
Consumer Profiles Example of Streaming Engagement Summary and Next Steps
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Recognized for Outstanding Growth and Innovation
America’s Fastest Growing Private Companies
comScore ranked 97th among the nation’s fastest growing privately held firms. November 2004
Top 100 Innovative Companies
Named one of the 100 companies that will shape the next year in technology. December 2004
Fifth Fastest Growing Research Firm
Currently ranked the 30th largest U.S. research firm – up ten spots from previous year.June 2004
World’s Largest Database
Grand prize winner for developing the largest NT decision support warehouse.December 2003
Honomichl Top 50
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Named one of only three “Rising Stars” among Virginia-based technology companies.October 2004
High Tech Award
Recognized as a technology leader for successfully developing innovative products.November 2004
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comScore technology
2.0 million member panel of online consumers who have agreed to be continuously and passively observed
Proprietary technology collects all streaming activity
All data associated with streaming, including:
User/browser demographicsAll streaming by portsComplete URL/clickstream data, including
referring URLStreaming player typeStreaming data type (audio/video)Streaming protocol usedDuration metricsFile sizes transmitted
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World Wide Web
Passive tracking of actual consumer streaming activity
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Dial-up is a Dying Breed
Source: comScore Marketing Solutions; U.S. Market
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Implications of the Death of Dial-up
People consume more of everythingBroadband users spend an average of 84.1 minutes per day
online – Their narrowband counterparts spend 64.2 minutesAlmost 25% more time spent by broadband-connected peopleBroadband users consume 222 billion pages per month –
Narrowband users consume 67 billionOver three times as many pages consumed by broadband usersBroadband users do six times as many searches as narrowband
users Consumer touch-points increase
What we previously only did at Work, we can now do anywhere Marketers can get more creative
E.g. VW films
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Creative Applications Abound …
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Internet users watch 5 hours less TV per week
Bill Gates believes that the CD is the last physical form of music and the DVD the last for movies
Apple’s iPods sold at an annualized rate of 26 million of in the last quarter
Itunes announced one million video downloads in 20 days
IPTV market to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 78%, from 3.7 million subscribers this year, to 36.9 million in 2009
75% of national advertisers plan to cut spending on TV commercials by at least 20 percent in the next five years due to widespread ad-skipping devices
Last month the Arctic Monkeys single reached #1 in the UK – a band without a label, without a CD, without distribution
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It will more than quadruple in the next 10 ….
In just over 10 years, global online In just over 10 years, global online advertising has grown from zero to $19 advertising has grown from zero to $19
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50% of advertisers believe TV advertising will lose effectiveness according to Forrester
Research
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“The future of advertising is the Internet”
- Bill Gates 11/05
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How Prevalent is Streamed Content?
Percent of Internet users who access streamed content in an average month:
A. 28%B. 33%C. 40%D. 58%E. 66%
It could easily be two-thirds by the end of the year.
Source: comScore Marketing Solutions; August 2005
OVER 100 MILLION PEOPLE STREAMED THIS MONTH
OVER 100 MILLION PEOPLE
STREAMED THIS
MONTH !!!
Source: comScore Marketing Solutions; August 2005; U.S. Market
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That’s equal to the entire population of Mexico
That’s greater than the entire populations of 216 countries …
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, International Data Base. Data updated 4-26-2005
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That’s equal to the entire population of Mexico
That’s greater than the entire populations of 216 countries …
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, International Data Base. Data updated 4-26-2005
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Streaming Shows Seasonal Variability As With Most Internet
Activity
Source: comScore Marketing Solutions
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What About Internet Radio?
Number of Internet users who listened to one of the leading online radio stations in a typical week in 2005:
A. Under 2 Million
B. 2 to 3 Million
C. 3 to 5 Million
D. Lots and Lots
E. 6.1367 MillionSource: comScore Arbitron Online Radio Ratings; Cume Listeners per Average Week (millions)
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Portals, Leaders In Terrestrial Radio, And Creative New Applications Have All Gathered
Strong Audiences
Source: comScore Arbitron Online Radio Ratings; Cume Listeners
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On Average, Radio Listeners Tune-In For 9.8 Hours Per Week
Source: comScore Arbitron Online Radio Ratings; TSL
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The Internet Radio Listener is Valuable
People who listen to Internet Radio tend to also spend more money online:
Radio listeners are 60% more likely to be online buyers.
Radio listeners spend an average of $216 on other eCommerce products online every month!
Source: comScore Marketing Solutions; August 2005
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The Internet Radio Listener is Valuable
Predictably, Internet radio listeners are twice as likely as the average Internet users to buy Consumer Electronics, Music, Movies, Videos, Event Tickets.
But, they are also more likely to be buyers of some less obvious categories such as Apparel, Travel, Books and even Consumer Packaged Goods.
Source: comScore Marketing Solutions; August 2005
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Video Content Networks are Exploding
Broadband Enterprises number of Video Viewers … and six-month growth rate:
A. 117%
Source: comScore Online Video Ratings
March 2005 August 2005
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Where are Consumers Getting Their Content?
Portals, given their leadership position on the Web, also lead the pack in terms of the place where consumers turn to get their video content.
Almost 50 million Internet users streamed from an Entertainment site; and Adult, Music, and Retail categories each reached around 15 million.
Millions Of Consumers Who Streamed From This Type Of Site*
*Site Categories will overlap (e.g Yahoo! News is both Portal and News), so some locations will be double-counted.
Source: comScore Marketing Solutions; August 2005
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…And How Much Do They Consume?
Entertainment, Gaming and Music show a high number of streams consumed – 20 to 30 per month for the average viewer.
Number of Streams per Month, per User by Site Category*
*Site Categories will overlap (e.g Yahoo! News is both Portal and News), so some locations will be double-counted.
Source: comScore Marketing Solutions; August 2005
So What Do These Consumers Look Like … Demographically?
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Source: comScore Marketing Solutions; August 2005
38% Female 62% Male
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8 in 10 people who use the Internet from work consume some type of streamed content, and over half of all University Internet users do so.
Even 1 in 3 Internet users from home see a stream, making that audience almost 50 million consumers!
Source: comScore Marketing Solutions; August 2005
From All Internet Locations
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Streaming Activity is Strong Among The Valuable 35 to 49
Year-Old Group
Source: comScore Marketing Solutions; August 2005
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One in Five Streamers are Males Age 35 to 49 Years Old
Source: comScore Marketing Solutions; August 2005
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The Same Age Bracket Shows Dominance for the Female
Audience
Source: comScore Marketing Solutions; August 2005
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When Are They Doing It?
Source: comScore Marketing Solutions; August 2005
*Percent of the daypart’s audience that is reached by streaming in that daypart
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Let’s Discuss Some Examples of Streamed Executions
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Over 15% Of The Total Viewing Audience For “Fat Actress” Tuned-in To Watch It Online!
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Yahoo! Apprentice with Intel
Apprentice content on Yahoo! IM Insider
In-depth Apprentice content on Yahoo! TV
Promotion on TV programming to visit the site, mention of streaming clips
Intel streamed ad at the initiation of the Yahoo! Apprentice streamed clips and sponsorship on the Yahoo! TV channel
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Apprentice Season II Premier
Apprentice Season II
Source: comScore Media Metrix
Yahoo! TV Channel Visitors Surged With The Premier of “The
Apprentice”
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Apprentice Visitors and Streamers were more engaged with and loyal to Yahoo! Search than the average Yahoo! User
“The Apprentice” Streamers on Yahoo! Were More Engaged with Yahoo! Overall
Source: comScore qSearch
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Source: comScore Marketing Solutions
September – December, 2004; Data is time-aligned based on the user’s first observed visit to Y! Apprentice during the period.
Those That Watched the Streams Were More Engaged with Yahoo!
Over Time All Yahoo! Apprentice Visitors increased their visit frequency of the Yahoo! Property during the month of
their first visit and the two months following.
Yahoo! Apprentice Streamers visited slightly more often in the following months than those who did not stream.
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They Consumed More of the Yahoo! Site
Source: comScore Marketing Solutions
September – December, 2004; Data is time-aligned based on the user’s first observed visit to Y! Apprentice during the period.
Apprentice Streamers consumed more Yahoo! channels in the months of and after streaming than they did the month prior.
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Source: comScore Marketing Solutions
September – December, 2004; Data is time-aligned based on the user’s first observed visit to Y! Apprentice during the period.
Yahoo! Apprentice Streamers were 50 to 100% more likely than Non-Streamers to return to Yahoo! Apprentice following their initial visit.
… And They Kept Coming Back for More
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Y! Apprentice Streamers 28% make over $100k HH
income 53% Female / 47% Male 54% 1 - 2 Person Households Twice as likely at Average
Internet User to have at least some college education
Spend $225 per person online (vs. $160 for Average User)
Spend 3X more on Computer Hardware/Software and Electronics (vs. Avg. User)
Source: comScore Streaming Report
Yahoo! Reached a Very Valuable Audience for Their
Intel Client
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Let’s Recap …
Streaming is a mainstream activity It reaches a valuable advertising audience Radio and Video are both strong Preliminary evidence that the streaming
audience is a more loyal and voracious user of a site
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“State of the Streaming Market” available on
www.streamingmedia.com How many consumers are streaming online, and how is this
changing over time?
How much streaming content are they consuming, and how is this changing?
How many streams and how many minutes of content are being consumed per month, and is this growing?
How much content is being delivered via streaming versus download technologies? How many consumers are consuming content delivered via each distinct method?
What is the demographic composition of those viewing video content on the Web?
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“State of the Streaming Market” available on
www.streamingmedia.com From what location (home, work, and university) are
consumers viewing and listening to streamed content?
During what times of the day are people viewing streamed content?
What protocols are most prevalent for delivering streamed content?
What players are most prevalent for consuming streamed content?
Do consumers typically consume content through embedded or standalone media players?