3 of 4 Online Users in New Zealand Watch Online Video

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, March 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its latest study of online video viewing habits in New Zealand based on data from the comScore Video Metrix service, which was launched in New Zealand earlier this year. The report found that 2.1 million online users in New Zealand watched online video in February 2011, representing 77 percent of the total online population. Google Sites led the market as the top online video property, driven largely by viewership at YouTube.com.

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"Video viewing is an important and growing online activity for New Zealanders, with online viewers watching more than one video every day on average," said Amy Weinberger, comScore vice president for Australia and New Zealand. "Online video offers an especially engaging experience for consumers that translates into the potential for high quality advertising impressions from desirable audiences that can be delivered at scale."

Fueled by YouTube.com, Google Sites Ranks as Top Video Property in New Zealand

In February 2011, 2.1 million Internet users age 15 and older watched a total of 157.3 million online videos from a home or work location with an average viewer watching 73 videos during the month. Google Sites ranked as the top video viewing destination in New Zealand reaching more than 1.7 million viewers who watched 81.6 million videos. Viewership at Google Sites was largely driven by YouTube.com which accounted for 81.2 million videos, representing 51.6 percent of all videos viewed in New Zealand during the month. Facebook.com ranked second with 562,000 viewers and 2.4 million videos viewed, while VEVO ranked third with 370,000 viewers. New Zealand based properties TVNZ Sites and MediaWorks NZ Limited both ranked among the top 10 video properties reaching 201,000 and 149,000 viewers, respectively.

*Excludes visitation from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs.
**Video Properties include all sites under that parent company. For example, Google Sites includes YouTube.com.

Males Consume Significantly More Online Video than Women

A demographic analysis of video viewers in New Zealand revealed that although males and females account for a similar percentage of video viewers overall, males spend a significantly longer amount of time viewing online video than females. On average, males watched just over 8 hours of online video in February, while females averaged 5 hours. Males also consumed a higher number of videos on average at 85 videos per viewer, compared to females at 61 videos per viewer.

For both males and females, the 15-24 and 25-34 age segments exhibited the highest online video engagement. The 15-24 age segment for both genders was responsible for consuming the most videos on average (113 videos per viewer for males, nearly 74 videos per viewer for females), while males age 25-34 year-old segment spent the most time viewing video at 11.8 hours in February, with females age 15-24 viewing more than 6 hours of video.

*Excludes visitation from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs.

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