THE CROSSPLATFORM REPORT

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1 STTE OF THE MEDI THE CROSSPLTFORM REPORT QURTER, 0

2 UNDERSTNDING THE VIDEO CONSUMER The average merican today has more ways to watch video whenever, however and wherever they choose. While certain segments of the population are migrating toward specific devices or viewing habits, the resounding trend is this: mericans are spending more time watching video content on traditional TVs, mobile devices and via the Internet than ever before. TIME SPENT WTCHING Overall TV viewership increased minutes per month per person over last year, demonstrating moderate growth and remaining the dominant source of video content for all demographics. Even the lowest fifth quintile of TV viewers still averages an hour of TV consumption per day, with the highest quintile tuning in for nearly ten hours per day. Though still accounting for just a handful of hours per month, mobile video viewing continues to see marked gains, with the number of mericans watching video on their mobile devices increasing percent over last year and more than 00 percent since 009. Timeshifted TV continues to grow, both in the penetration of DVR devices in the home and the time spent. Internet video streaming also saw increases in time spent; this behavior is the highest among a younger and diverse subset of the population. DEVICE & DELIVERY PENETRTION Nielsen data shows that consumers are willing to pay for high-quality TV content they re just looking for the right fit for their needs. While there are shifts between distributors, the number of consumers paying for TV content has remained consistent. Over the past year, satellite and telephone company-delivered TV subscriptions increased while subscriptions to wired cable decreased slightly. Broadcast-only households remained stagnant. WHO S WTCHING (ND HOW) By Ethnicity: frican-mericans watch the most video content, including traditional TV and mobile video, though less timeshifted TV than the general population. sians have emerged as the hands-down leader in time spent watching video on the Internet, averaging six-plus hours more per month than Whites and nearly four hours more per month than the next closest ethnic group, Hispanics. sians also watch far less traditional TV than the general population more than a third less than Whites and half as much as frican-mericans. Like sians, Hispanics watch less traditional TV but more Internet video than the general population, but to a less extreme degree. Satellite, broadcast-only and wired cable delivery of TV content is nearly even among three of the four ethnic groups tracked, with Hispanics being the outliers. They are more likely to get satellite or be broadcast-only than Whites, frican-mericans and sians, and much less likely to get wired cable. By Gender: When it comes to TV consumption, women of all ages spend more time than their male counterparts. On the flipside, men consistently spend more time streaming video online. By ge: ge plays an interesting role in video audience consumption across media, with the age groups -, -9 and 0-6 each dominating a specific platform. Traditional TV viewership steadily increases with age, so it comes as no surprise that dults 0-6 make up the largest segment of the traditional TV audience (%). The largest segment of the Internet video audience is dults -9 (7%), while the largest segment of the mobile video audience is - year olds (0%). Younger mericans are continuing a trend toward streaming video online. Those -7 spend a third of their Internet time watching video. The majority of TV homes roughly two-thirds now have an HDTV, an increase of more than 0 percent over last year. Slightly less than half have a video game console or a DVR, percent and 0 percent, respectively.

3 EMERGING TRENDS In-Home Streaming vs. Traditional TV Viewing: While Nielsen data has consistently indicated that the heaviest media consumers do so across all platforms, this past fall a segment of consumers more clearly emerged that defies that notion. The new trend among our TV and Internet homes shows the lightest traditional television users streaming significantly more Internet video via their computers, and the heaviest streamers under-indexing for traditional TV viewership. This behavior is led by those ages 8-. The group of consumers exhibiting this behavior is significant but small. More than a third of the TV/Internet population is not streaming, whereas less than one percent are not watching TV. This emerging trend is illustrated below and on the following pages. Hispanic Viewing Habits: The growth of the U.S. Hispanic population puts even greater emphasis on the need to understand this group of consumers. Hispanic mobile subscribers are the most likely to have a smartphone, while White mobile subscribers are the least. The greater use of smartphones could be linked to Hispanics watching more video on their mobile devices than the general population. Likewise, the availability of Spanish-language channels available on satellite continues to drive the increased number of Hispanics who opt for satellite-delivery of their TV content. Cord Swapping: Debunking the myth that consumers are no longer willing to pay for television content subscriptions, Nielsen found that 9 percent of TV households still paid for a TV subscription in Q 0. Instead, evidence points to a slight reshuffling of the method selected, whether cable, through telephone companies or satellite. For the graphic on pages -, The Evolving Relationship Between Streaming Content and TV Viewing METHODOLOGY: We placed them into five groups (quintiles) of equal size, ranked by how much time they streamed content in their homes, and examined their TV viewing behavior. sixth group of individuals, who did not stream content at all, were therefore excluded from the visualization on the proceeding pages. GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP n=67 n=66 n=66 n=6 n=6 NON-USERS n=7 Heaviest users Lightest users Non-content streamers Then we re-grouped the same people by how much time they spent watching TV, and then looked at their in-home streaming habits. s with the content streamers above, a sixth group of individuals, who did not watch TV at all, were therefore excluded from the visualization on the proceeding pages. GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP n=08 n=08 n=07 n=07 n=06 NON-USERS n=9 Heaviest users Lightest users Non-TV viewers We observed this behavior over two quarters (Q 00 through Q 0) and noticed two interesting and unprecedented correlations between content streaming and TV viewing.

4 In analyzing cross-platform data over two quarters (Q 00 to Q 0), we discovered two interesting and unprecedented behaviors. THE EVOLVING RELTIONSHIP BETWEEN STREMING CONTENT & TV VIEWING OBSERVTION : CONTENT STREMING Nielsen data shows an emerging behavior shift with the heaviest in-home streamers under-indexing for traditional TV viewership.. 00 Q, Persons Q, Persons of streaming content 6.7 of TV viewing of streaming content of TV viewing

5 HOW TO RED THE VISULIZTION: By focusing on a subset of the 0 Persons + data, the 8- demographic, more pronounced behaviors emerge Q, Q, of streaming content. of TV viewing of TV viewing of streaming content This is the 8- demographic organized by time spent streaming content, divided into equal-sized quintiles and distributed on a vertical axis. This is the number of daily minutes each quintile spends watching TV. You can see the highest amount of streaming correlates with the least amount of TV watching. Here, the TV watching quintiles are arranged the same way on the left, with amount of content streaming on the right. Notice that the highest amount of TV watching correlates with a low amount of content streaming. OBSERVTION : TV VIEWING Nielsen data shows an emerging behavior shift with the lightest TV viewers over-indexing for content streaming at home. 00 Q, Persons + 0 Q, Persons of TV viewing of content streaming of TV viewing of content streaming

6 HOW PEOPLE WTCH TBLE. Week in the Life Weekly Time Spent in Hours: Minutes By ge Demographic K - T P + Hispanic + frican-merican + On Traditional TV* 6: : 6:8 0: 6: : 9:7 :7 0: 7:7 Watching Timeshifted TV* Using the Internet on a computer** Watching Video on Internet** Mobile Subscribers Watching Video on a Mobile Phone^ :9 : :0 : : :8 :0 : : : 0:9 :7 :0 6:0 : :9 : :9 :8 :7 0:07 0:0 0:8 0:7 0:8 0: 0: 0: 0: 0:0 N 0:0^^ 0: 0:0 0:0 0:0 <0:0 0:07 0: 0: Table reflects re-issued numbers for Time Spent Using the Internet on a Computer, released 08/. Source: Nielsen. Table is uniquely based on the Total Population in the US all 97 million mericans over age whether or not they have the technology. TBLE. Overall Usage Number of Users + (in 000 s) Monthly Reach Q Q 0 Q 0 % Diff Yr to Yr Watching TV in the home 88,00 89,8 86, 0.8% Watching Timeshifted TV (all TV homes) 07,06 0,96 9,99.% Using the Internet on a computer** 90,9 9,7 9,0-0.% Watching Video on Internet**,7,0,8.8% Using a Mobile Phone^,000 0,00 9,9 0.7% Mobile Subscribers Watching Video on a Mobile Phone^ 8,8,708 0,8.0% Source: Nielsen. TBLE. Monthly Time Spent in Hours: Minutes Per User + Q Q 0 Q 0 % Diff Yr to Yr Hrs:Min Diff Yr to Yr Watching TV in the home* 8:7 :0 8: 0.% 0: Watching Timeshifted TV* (all TV homes) 0:6 0:7 9:6.% :0 DVR Playback (only in homes with DVRs) 6: : :8.7% 0:6 Using the Internet on a computer** : : 9 : -.% -0: Watching Video on Internet** : : :.% :0 Mobile Subscribers Watching Video on a Mobile Phone^ :0 :0 :7 0.0% 0: Source: Nielsen. Based on total users of each media. dditional Note: TV viewing patterns in the US tend to be seasonal, with usage patterns different in winter months than summer months sometimes leading to declines/increases in quarter to quarter usage.

7 TV VIEWERSHIP INCRESED MINUTES PER MONTH OVER LST YER TBLE a. Monthly Time Spent in Hours: Minutes ge Demographic K - T On Traditional TV* 7:9 07:0 :00 7:0 60: 98: 0:9 8:7 Watching Timeshifted TV (all TV homes) 8:0 6: 6:8 :9 :07 : 7: 0:6 DVR Playback (only in homes with DVRs) 8:09 :6 8: : 0:7 0: 6:9 6: Using the Internet on a computer** : 06 9: 7: 0 : 0: 8: 0 : 6 : Watching Video on Internet** : : 0 7: 6: : 0 : 7 : 0 : Mobile Subscribers Watching Video on a Mobile Phone^ 6+ P + N 8:0 :7 :7 :8 : :0 :0 Source: Nielsen. Based on total users of each media. Traditional TV and Timeshifted viewing estimates are based on persons in TV Households (9 million) DVR Playback based on persons in DVR Households (0 million). TBLE b. Continuation of Table a with dditional Demo Breaks On Traditional TV* :7 :6 8:0 :00 Watching Timeshifted TV (all TV homes) 0: :08 : 9:9 DVR Playback (only in homes with DVRs) 6: 8: 0:7 9:9 Using the Internet on a computer** 0: 0 0: : 09 : 00 Watching Video on Internet** 7: : : 8 : 9 Mobile Subscribers Watching Video on a Mobile Phone^ :0 :0 :7 : Source: Nielsen. Based on total users of each media. Traditional TV and Timeshifted viewing estimates are based on persons in TV Households (9 million) DVR Playback based on persons in DVR Households (0 million). + 6

8 TBLE. Video udience Composition Monthly Time Spent By Gender M-7 F-7 M 8-9 F 8-9 M 0+ F 0+ M+ F+ On TV* : :9 9:0 :8 9: 7: 0: 66:0 On the Internet** 0:0 0: 07:0 0:7 0: 0: 0: 0:8 On Mobile Phones^^ N N :0 :0 :0 :7 :0 :0 Source: Nielsen. (Based on total users of each media.) TBLE 6. Video udience Composition Monthly Time Spent in Hours: Minutes Ethnicity & Race White frican- merican Hispanic On Traditional TV* : : : 00: Watching Timeshifted TV (all TV homes) : 7:7 6:6 8: DVR Playback (only in homes with DVRs) 6:9 : :0 :7 Watching Video on Internet** :7 : 6: 0:9 Mobile Subscribers Watching Video on a Mobile Phone^ :7 6:0 :0 :0 Source: Nielsen. (Based on total users of each media.) sian TBLE 7a. Video udience Composition ge Demographic K- T On TV* % 6% 7% % % % 8% On the Internet** 8% 7% 9% 7% 7% % 0% On Mobile Phones^ N % 0% 0% 6% 0% % Source: Nielsen. (Based on total users of each media.) TBLE 7b. Continuation of Table 7a with dditional Demo Breaks On TV* 9% % % % On the Internet** 6% % % % On Mobile Phones^ 0% 76% 8% 7% Source: Nielsen. (Based on total users of each media.) 7

9 DEVICE ND DELIVERY PENETRTION TBLE 8. Television Distribution Sources - Number of Households (in 000 s) Market Break Q Q 0 Q 0 Broadcast Only,9,7,70 Wired Cable 6,6 6,9 6,9 Telco 7,6 7,9 6,0 Satellite,97,7,877 Source: Nielsen. (Based on Quarterly Universe Estimates.) TBLE 9. Cable/Satellite with Internet Status - Number of Households (in 000 s) CHRT. Source Distribution Quarterly Estimates % Distribution of Scaled Installed Counts Quarter, Quarter, Quarter, 00 TBLE 0. Television Distribution Sources by Ethnicity White frican- merican Hispanic sian Broadcast Only 9% % % 0% Wired Cable 6% 6% % 6% Telco 7% 7% 6% 9% Satellite % 7% % 7% Source: Nielsen. Q Q 0 Q 0 Broadcast Only and Broadband,66,9,78 Broadcast Only and No Internet/Narrowband 6,089 6,0 6,8 Cable Plus and Broadband 79,6 78, 7,760 Cable Plus and No Internet/ Narrowband,6,60 8,0 Source: Nielsen. Please see Note definitions in footnotes section on Page 0. Broadcast Only Wired Cable Telco Satellite Source: Nielsen National People Meter, data from the th of each month, based on scaled installed counts. CHRT. Cable/Satellite with Internet Status Tracking % of Total U.S. Quarterly Estimates Quarter, 0 Cable/Satellite and Broadband Broadcast Only and Broadband Quarter, Quarter, 00 Cable/Satellite and Narrowband/No Internet Broadcast Only and Narrowband/No Internet Source: Nielsen National People Meter, data from the th of each month, based on scaled installed counts. Please see Note definitions in footnotes section on Page 0. 8

10 TBLE. Devices in TV Households (in 000 s) Q UE (000) Q 0 Q 0 ny DVD Player + 99,898 00, 00,806 ny DVR,66,866 8,7 ny High Definition TV 7, 7,900 6,70 ny Video Game 9,687 9,7 7,0 + BluRay included in count Source: Nielsen. TBLE. Mobile Device Penetration by Ethnicity White frican- merican Hispanic sian Smartphone 0% 9% % 8% Feature phone 70% 6% 7% % Source: Nielsen. 9 9 PERCENT OF TV HOUSEHOLDS PID FOR TV SUBSCRIPTION IN Q 0

11 FOOTNOTES FOR CHRTS: Watching TV in the home includes those viewing at least one minute (reach) within the measurement period. This includes Live viewing plus any playback within the measurement period. Quarter 0 Television data is based on the following measurement interval: /7/00 0/7/0. Due to methodological improvements, the data for Q 0 is based on duration weighted averages. January data is based on Television Usage plus Live DVR Playback and February and March data is based on Television Usage only, because the DVR Playback has been incorporated into the Persons Television Usage(PUT) Statistic. * TV in the home includes Live usage plus any playback viewing within the measurement period. Timeshifted TV is playback primarily on a DVR but includes playback from VOD, DVD recorders, server based DVR s and services like Start Over. ** Internet figures are from home and work. Hours:minutes for Internet and video use are based on the universe of persons who used the Internet/watched online video via their computers. ll Internet figures are weekly or monthly averages over the course of the quarter. Due to enhancements to Nielsen NetView and Nielsen VideoCensus in June 009, trending of previously-reported data with current results may show percentage differences attributable to these product enhancements and should only be compared directionally. Data for Q 00 and Q 00 (table & table ) have been corrected to include restated data. Data for NetView were restated from February 00 through October 00 and VideoCensus were restated from March 00 through November 00 due to technological issues which understated time spent metrics. ll data were computed via custom analyses reports using Nielsen NetView and Nielsen Video Census data.table reflects re-issued numbers for Time Spent Using the Internet on a Computer, released 08/. ^ ^^ Video user projection, time spent and composition data based on survey analysis of past 0 day use during the period. The mobile video audience figures in this report include mobile phone users who access mobile video through any means (including mobile Web, subscription-based, downloads and applications). In the Q 00 Three Screen Report, Nielsen updated the methodology for People using a mobile phone to the + population to align with the projection of mobile video viewers, and all other mobile video estimates. Nielsen s mobile survey reports mobile video usage for those users and older. Thus, -7 is T-7 for all mobile data. NOTE: Definitions of Narrowband and Broadband. Narrowband (often referred to as Dial Up) is defined as a household that accesses the Internet via a telephone line. Broadband (often referred to as High Speed) is defined as a household that accesses the Internet via DSL, Cable Internet through cable provider, Fiber Optic Service, U-verse, Satellite Internet, Data Card (aircard that connects to a cellular phone network) or PC tethered to cell phone (cellular phone network). Lastly, if the household has multiple connection speeds then the fastest connection speed is reported for that household. 0

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