Google Sites Leads U.K. in Online Video Viewership
Google Sites ranked as the top U.K. online video property in April with 2.4 billion videos viewed, an increase of 58 percent versus year ago, driven by the popularity of YouTube.com, which accounted for 99 percent of all videos viewed on the property. BBC Sites ranked second with 79 million videos viewed, followed by ITV Sites (34.7 million videos), Megavideo.com (31.7 million videos), and Microsoft Sites (30.2 million videos). Each of the top ten video properties experienced double-digit growth during the past year, while several saw their number of videos viewed multiply by a factor of two or three. 

“With nearly five billion videos viewed in the U.K. in April, online video is a powerful and growing vehicle for online advertising placement,” said Mike Read, SVP and managing director, comScore Europe. “The online video market currently relies heavily on display ads for monetization, and in the coming months and years we can expect that video ads will play an even more prominent role. Despite the market’s overwhelming size and audience at this phase of the growth curve, it is also clear that we’re still in the early stages of advertising optimization and effectiveness in this increasingly important entertainment channel.”

18 Million People Were Exposed to a Display Advertisement on YouTube in April
Of the 36.8 million U.K. Internet users in April, 35.4 million (96 percent) were exposed to some form of display advertising, which includes static banners, rich media, and video ads. YouTube.com delivered display ads to the most people in the multimedia category, with 18.5 million visitors viewing a total of 621 million display ads. Metacafe ranked second with 1.6 million ad-exposed visitors, followed by WindowsMedia (1.2 million ad-exposed visitors) and MySpace Video (1 million ad-exposed visitors).

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