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ProgramNetworkUnique Viewers (000)LostABC.com1,425Saturday Night LiveNBC.com1,111Grey’s AnatomyABC.com879Desperate HousewivesABC.com723HeroesNBC.com685Ugly BettyABC.com631Samantha Who?ABC.com560ScrubsABC.com519SurvivorCBS Television496True BeautyABC.com462Source: Nielsen
PropertyVideos (000)Share of Videos (%)Videos per ViewerTotal Audience3,388,086100.0%118.8Google Sites1,711,57750.5%88.3ProSiebenSat1 Sites62,8271.9%9.7Universal Music Group55,9501.7%6.5RTL Group Sites34,4141.0%8.4Megavideo.com31,1540.9%15.1Microsoft Sites14,6410.4%5.9Yahoo! Sites12,1690.4%8.0Sport1 online11,9630.4%33.6Dailymotion.com10,5000.3%8.6Viacom Digital8,4260.2%7.0Source: comScore
IbisWorld said videogame industry revenue is set to reach $41.9 bln in 2009, having risen from $27.2 bln in 2004, with over 37 mln consoles sold in the United States alone in 2008.
Worldwide enterprise software revenue is forecast to total $222.6 bln in 2009, reflecting a flat 0.3% growth rate from 2008 revenue of $221.9 bln, according to Gartner.
PropertyJan-2008Jan-2009% ChangeTotal Internet : Total Audience33,90437,64611%Yasni.de3232,037530%Facebook.com5563,143465%Pennergame.de6971,793157%Quoka Verlag1,1181,97777%The Mozilla Organization4,2057,21972%Deutsche Post AG Sites2,7524,03347%Preisroboter.de1,1841,67441%United Online, Inc2,2223,01836%Gameforge Sites1,8052,44235%ZDF Sites1,8242,34228%Source: comScore
BrandAudience, 000Time Per Person1. Google127,1421:27:402. Yahoo!113,5643:27:123. MSN/Windows Live102,0692:21:404. Microsoft98,3600:42:135. YouTube83,4290:50:496. AOL Media Network83,0833:45:597. Facebook65,7042:59:548. Fox Interactive Media64,2881:24:469. Wikipedia57,5610:17:0810. Apple52,0371:13:35Source: Nielsen
In 2008 an estimated $400 mln was spent on delivering video via CDNs, according to Frost & Sullivan. That number is expected to grow to more than $1.4 bln by 2012.
Jan-08Jan-09% ChangeTotal Internet6,2196,7959Yahoo! Sites3,0963,48913Google Sites2,4812,5965Rakuten Inc11115338Microsoft Sites119113-5NTT Group9310311Amazon Sites8069-14Excite Japan1152362NEC Corporation5844-25MIXI4023-42Nifty Corporation192214Source: comScore
How often do you visit your primary online social network profile?% Profile ownersEvery day37%Every few days23Once a week15Less often23Source: Pew Internet Project
US Internet advertising revenues remain strong, topping $23 bln, according to Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC). Full-year 2008 revenues totaled a record $23.4 bln, exceeding 2007’s performance, itself the former record of $21.2 bln, by $2.2 bln or 10.6%. Q4 2008 revenues of $6.1 bln mark the first time the interactive advertising [...]