While the bulk of TV audiences are still reached via TV only, the online scope of TV networks is growing, according to a just-released comScore study. About 26% of audiences are
reached with content online, and 12% specifically with online video, comScore said in analyzing the results of a study of 10 TV networks and media brands conducted for The
Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement, a group comprised of TV networks, media agencies and major consumer brands.
While there are still a significant number of consumers
who only engage with TV networks on TV -- about 72% -- the amount of both “digital only” viewers and “multi-screen” viewers who use a combination of TV, Web and mobile is
growing. For the ten networks studied, about 17% of viewers are multiscreen and 11 percent are digital only, comScore said -- with networks serving sports, news and young adult audiences counting as
much as 30% of their audiences as multi-screen consumers.
Those multi-screen
viewers are among the most engaged. In general, the multi-screen consumers who use TV and online video spend more time with the programming overall and also more time watching on TV. “Consumers
who build online video into their TV experience appear to be an important core constituency for media brands,” the report said. “On average across the ten media brands in the study,
consumers who consumed the brands’ content via online video and TV consumed 25 percent more minutes on the TV platform than the TV audience overall, indexing at 125.”