BWI: 2 Crore Mobile Internet Users have Cut their Newspapers and TV consumption by 50%

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: ViziSense
Friday, July 27, 2012 04:04 PM IST (10:34 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Economy, People; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Information technology, Telecommunications; Technology
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2 Crore Mobile Internet Users have Cut their Newspapers and TV consumption by 50%
40% of all mobile internet users prefer accessing newspapers and related content on mobile screens

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Friday, July 27, 2012 -- (Business Wire India) -- The screens are changing and English print is seeing the biggest impact. 2 Crore of the estimated 4.8 crore Mobile Internet users have shifted 50% of their newspaper and TV time to their mobile screens and what's being consumed is - entertainment, all categories of news, travel and sports content. This got established in the recently concluded Mobile Internet behavior & usage study conducted by ViziSense, India's leading online audience and ad measurement platform.

Of all mobile internet users in India (estimated at 4.8 crores by IAMAI in their August 2011 Mobile Internet in India report), a huge 87% are online on mobile every day. Almost half of these users go online through their cellphones every 2-3 hours and the duration of these visits is more than an hour. Almost 60% of these users have been on this medium for over an year already.

This Study has been put together through the results of an online survey conducted with ViziSense India online panelists (Internet users with mobile phones) and has recorded responses from 2,024 users who access Internet through their cellphones.

Frequency of accessing internet on mobile/tablet

With access to email (99%) and social media (95%) being the primary drivers of mobile internet, consumption of content is starting to shift in favour of the 2 new screens - Mobiles and Tablets and the categories which see frequent or daily consumption include News, Games and Entertainment, Travel, Education and Search (almost 50% Mobile Internet users access this content through their cellphones v/s. other categories).

Transactions through mobile internet

These users are also easing into mobile ecommerce with almost 80% of the users having performed some form of financial transaction through their mobile phone - payment of utility bills, purchase of products and services, etc. and 28% of mobile internet users have even used 'mobile money'.

Tablet Ownership/Wanting to buy

The penetration of tablets and its rising demand is keeping the entire IT industry and media industry excited. The survey also revealed that 14% of these users already possessed a tablet while another 60% of the users plan to buy a tablet soon. (55% of these aspirants hail from outside the top 8 metros)

Commenting on the findings of the survey, Amit Bhartiya, VP & GM - ViziSense said "55% of all daily Mobile Internet users hail from outside the top 8 metros. Whilst limited access to branded products was the reason that these regions saw early adoption of ecommerce, errant electricity is one of the reasons why mobile internet is majorly scoring for users from these cities while reducing their dependence on TV as a medium for especially news and entertainment. The survey establishes 2 major trends; the shift in screens is for real and that English print is migrating to mobile phones through WAP sites and applications, especially around lifestyle, travel and sports content".

The survey also tracked the usage by the 18% women subset within this group of Mobile Internet users and what stood out is that women outscore men when it comes to accessing books or education, entertainment and travel-related content through their cellphones.

About ViziSense:

ViziSense is India's leading online audience and ad measurement platform that tracks, analyzes and reports valuable insights across the digital landscape. By providing access to refined audience segments, ViziSense helps publishers, marketers and agencies with competitive intelligence about audiences for over thousands of websites. Launched almost 4 years back, the ViziSense methodology involves collation & triangulation of online browsing behavior from a 135,000 India panel and cookie-level data from hundreds of publisher tags, using the hybrid approach for cookie-deletion. ViziSense is powered by Komli Media's technology. For more information, kindly visit http://www.vizisense.com

About Komli Media:

Komli Media is Asia Pacific's leading media technology company with solutions across display, mobile, video, social, search and data for advertisers, agencies, and publishers. Komli is leading the charge in developing the next-generation of digital advertising technologies, such as a Real-Time Bidding (RTB) performance advertising platform (ATOM) that integrates audience data to improve ROI. Headquartered in Mumbai, Komli Media has over 400 employees across 18 offices in India, Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, Middle East, Hong Kong, North America and United Kingdom. Komli has raised capital from leading venture capital investors including Norwest Venture Partners, Nexus Venture Partners, Helion Venture Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Western Technology Investment. Find out more at http://www.komli.com

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