Devices Proliferate, but Viewing Preferences Depend on What and Where We Are Watching
What’s your go-to device of choice for watching your favorite show? Device proliferation has afforded more choice than ever before, but TV remains the preferred device—and by a wide margin according to global online respondents in Nielsen’s Digital Landscape Survey.
Don’t Touch That Dial – Or That One – Or That One: The Changing Digital Landscape
We’re living in a world of 24/7 connectivity, accessing our content on our own terms, and we like it that way. Around the globe, 76% of respondents in a Nielsen online survey say they enjoy the freedom of being connected anywhere, anytime. While consumers love this flexibility, it represents a...
Screen Wars: The Battle for Eye Space in a TV-Everywhere World
We’re living in a world of 24/7 connectivity. We access content on our own terms, and we like it that way. But while this flexibility can be a benefit to us, it represents a huge challenge for brands and content providers vying for our attention.
Snow Biz: Four-Fifths of Americans Logged Online for Entertainment to Beat the Winter Blues
During the bitter cold-spell sweeping much of the U.S. this winter, more Americans than usual turned to the Internet for entertainment. Four out of five U.S. web users access entertainment websites each month, and this January, 167 million Americans visited sites in the entertainment category. On...
Digital es Universal: How U.S. Hispanics Are Driving Growth In Digital
Hispanic consumers are not only the fastest-growing demographic in the U.S., they’re also trendsetters in digital, leading the growth in device ownership and online usage. Nearly three out of four Hispanics (72%) already owned smartphones as of Q3 2013, and according to Nielsen’s Digital...
The U.S. Digital Consumer Report
The number of digital devices and platforms available to today’s consumers has exploded in recent years. As a result, today’s consumer is more connected than ever, with more access to and deeper engagement with content and brands. And these changes are contributing to the media revolution and...
What’s Empowering the New Digital Consumer?
Technology has changed a lot in the last 30 years—even the last three! Today’s consumer is more connected than ever, thanks to the proliferation of digital devices and platforms. Content once available only via specific channels, such as print and broadcast television, can today be delivered to...
The Digital Drive: How Fans Connect with the Super Bowl Teams Off the Field
Football fans are invaluable to their favorite teams, lending their support all season and into the Super Bowl. For proof, you don’t need look any further than the Seattle Seahawks’ fans, who set a world record for crowd noise during the team’s home games this season. While neither team can...
Man and Mobile Device: New “Besties” and Growing Fonder
Sure, dogs have been well-established as man’s best friend for some time now, but according to the January 2014 Local Watch Report, Americans have a blossoming love affair with another trusty sidekick—the mobile device. Nationally, more than one-third of homes have tablets, and more than...
Recipe for Success: 86 Million Americans Visited Food and Cooking Websites
Two-fifths of Americans (41%) visited food and cooking websites in November, up 2 million unique visitors from October, during the seasonal peak in activity for these sites. Scripps Networks’ websites, which includes Food Network and Food.com, were among the top online brands in the food and...