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Mobile Devices Redistributing Viewership Across Dayparts(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) NATIONAL HARBOR, Md., Oct. 13 -- The Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing issued the following news release: New data released by the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM) from a recent study the organization commissioned from Nielsen, "Roadmap to Video Apps (What Makes Viewers APPY?)," shows that video apps such as YouTube and iTunes are significantly more likely to be used on mobile devices such as the iPod Touch, smartphone or tablet (67% and 41% via mobile vs. 54% and 33% respectively via in-home devices such as internet-connected TVs, internet-connected video devices and gaming consoles). "Regardless of mobile device, roughly seventy five percent of video app users are most commonly accessing video apps while in the home," said Char Beales, president and CEO, CTAM. "This research exposes findings on what mobile vehicles consumers are most using in conjunction with video apps, where they are likely to use them, and at what time they are most active on each device." According to the research, 54 percent of video app users via connected TVs spend more than two hours per week on video apps, the longest engagement across all devices measured. In contrast, roughly 75 percent of video app users via mobile devices spend less than two hours on video apps weekly. Fifty percent of those accessing video apps via tablet or iPod Touch report usage between 30 minutes and two hours weekly. The mobility of smartphones and iPod Touches account for higher video app viewing levels during the daytime, while video app usage on these devices declines once users return home. Peaking in primetime hours, users turn to the larger screens of in-home devices including gaming consoles, Internet connected video devices and TVs and tablets for video app viewing. Usage on tablets more closely mirrors in-home devices yet is also very active in the morning hours. Graph omitted. To view, click here (http://www.ctam.com/html/news/releases/2011-10-14.htm) This research, conducted by Nielsen and commissioned by the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM) is the first to feature both qualitative and quantitative consumer reactions to video applications on both mobile and in-home internet-connected devices. The qualitative phase was conducted at the Las Vegas-based "CBS TV City Media Lab," May 17-May 19, 2011 in a living room setting. The quantitative portion of the study was conducted among video app users via an online survey from April 28 to May 12, 2011. *This figure refers to the unique mobile subscribers in the U.S. it does not include multiple devices owned by many subscribers or data-only devices, such as data cards. TNS JB47111015 gv-3632773 61GemaViana (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |