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Category Archives: Video

Sherlock sets new record for BBC iPlayer

January 06, 2012

As always over the festive season there was a feast of TV delights to keep us entertained when speaking to family members grew tiresome. With so much choice over the Christmas period we were expecting Video on Demand (VOD) to... Continue reading...

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In Categories BBC | Christmas | TV | Video

Product Update: Clickstream Reliance and Departure

December 07, 2011

I mentioned in one of my last blogs that we have some exciting product developments in the pipeline here at Hitwise. Hot on the heels of the official launch of Dashboards 2.0 is the release of two new additions to... Continue reading...

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In Categories Experian | Facebook | Insurance | Video

Can Netflix make an impact in the UK?

October 25, 2011

Yesterday US video streaming and DVD rental site Netflix announced that it was going to have a second crack at conquering the UK market. The company has decided to focus solely on online video streaming this time around, in a... Continue reading...

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In Categories Movies | Video

Picture is clear for Skype video calls on Facebook

July 08, 2011

The big story that has grabbed people’s attentions in the digital world this week is Facebook’s announcement of a new video calling feature which will be powered by Skype. Looking at the Mosaic groups which visit Facebook and the Skype... Continue reading...

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In Categories Facebook | Google | Social networks | Video

YouTube and Twitter erode Facebook’s dominance of social

June 14, 2011

In this month’s search and social analysis release we saw some pretty interesting trends in our Social Networking and Forums category, including a bumper month of traffic for Twitter, extended growth for YouTube and a declining market share for Facebook.... Continue reading...

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In Categories Facebook | Social networks | Twitter | Video

YouTube hits 20% of all UK social networking visits

May 08, 2011

Last month I mentioned that we regularly get requests for data on the top search engines and social networks in the UK. Last time the focus of my blog was Microsoft’s search engine Bing, but this month the spotlight is... Continue reading...

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In Categories Google | Search | Video

Rebecca Black fastest moving search term in social sphere

March 23, 2011

In the last week the Internet has been buzzing with talk of Rebecca Black. Like her or hate her, Rebecca Black’s pop song Friday is a YouTube sensation which is quickly heading towards 100 million views and has become one... Continue reading...

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In Categories Fast moving search terms | Music | Video

2010 Online: the year in review

December 21, 2010

I can scarcely believe that a whole year has passed since I was sitting here writing the 2009 review, but 12 months to the day here we are, and it’s been another fascinating year in the digital world. Once again... Continue reading...

Tron searches dominated by Daft Punk soundtrack and light cycle game

December 17, 2010

This winter’s big budget film is Tron Legacy, and as with any major Hollywood release, in the build up to the film’s opening weekend, searches online have reached new peaks. In the last week searches for ‘tron’ have more than... Continue reading...

LoveFilm: the 11th most visited online retailer in the UK

June 17, 2010

Yesterday BBC Radio 4’s consumer affairs program You and Yours included an item on LoveFilm, the online DVD rental and movie streaming service. It included an interview with the company’s CEO Simon Calver, as well as myself talking about the... Continue reading...

The dotcom bubble: 10 years on

March 10, 2010

Today is the tenth anniversary of the bursting of the dotcom bubble, so I though it would be interesting to see how the Internet landscape has changed over the last decade. Below is a list of the top 20 websites... Continue reading...

Chatroulette: a posh webcam?

February 15, 2010

This morning I stumbled upon an article in Guardian profiling Chatroulette, a new webcam site that, as its name implies, connects users with random strangers for live video chats. According to the article, the site “is proving a sensation around... Continue reading...

Eastenders’ web traffic spikes following E20 launch

January 13, 2010

Last week Eastenders launched E20, an online spinoff named after the fictional Walford postcode in which the BBC’s flagship soap opera is set. Traffic to the Eastenders’ homepage (which includes the E20 microsite) spiked as a result, with the peak... Continue reading...

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In Categories BBC | TV | Video

Ukraine vs. England: a success for online video and Bet365

October 12, 2009

By most accounts, the screening of the Ukraine vs. England football match online was a success. The live video stream picked up an estimated audience of half a million and there were few technical complaints. The website that screened the... Continue reading...

Fourth plinth installation popular online

July 08, 2009

UK Internet visits to One & Other, the website that is streaming live webcam footage from Antony Gormley's art installation on Trafalgar square’s fourth plinth, shot up on Monday - and increased further yesterday. It was the 698th most popular... Continue reading...

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In Categories Art | Video

UK Internet users spending more time on social networks than shopping online

April 21, 2009

UK Internet users are spending less of their online time shopping and more time browsing online media. During March 2009, 8.6% of all UK Internet visits went to online retail websites and 9.8% to social networking websites. A year ago,... Continue reading...

Daniel Hannan: has social media finally gone political in the UK?

March 31, 2009

It is generally accepted that his campaign team’s use of social media contributed to Barack Obama’s victory in last year’s American presidential election. But over on this side of the pond, politicians have been much slower to grasp the nettle... Continue reading...

Online video traffic up 41%; BBC iPlayer 22nd most popular UK website

March 19, 2009

UK Internet traffic to Video websites has increased by 40.7% over the last 12 months. During February 2009, 1 in every 35 UK Internet visits went to a specialist Video website, up from 1 in every 50 in February 2008.... Continue reading...

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In Categories BBC | Search | TV | Video

Shahrukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai most searched for Bollywood stars

January 07, 2009

Last week UK Internet searches for a portfolio of 100+ Bollywood stars was 68% higher than a year ago. Here is a list of the top 20 most searched for actors and actresses from that portfolio over the 4 weeks... Continue reading...

Social Xmas: Facebook’s busiest day ever, YouTube overtakes Hotmail, Social networks = 10% of UK Internet traffic

December 30, 2008

With all of the focus on the economic downturn and the troubles in the retail sector, it’s easy to forget the continued growth of social networking in the UK. Christmas is traditionally the busiest time of year for social networks,... Continue reading...

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In Categories Christmas | Social networks | Video

Simon’s cat, his sister’s dog and the RSPCA

December 19, 2008

Simon’s Cat is an extremely popular animated series created by Simon Tofield. Since releasing his first short film via YouTube at the start of the year, searches for ‘simons cat’ have shot up, peaking in July when a new episode... Continue reading...

X Factor vs. Strictly Come Dancing 2008

October 30, 2008

The annual pre-Christmas battle for Saturday night tea time TV supremacy is well under way. In the red corner: ITV’s The X Factor, with Cheryl Cole replacing Sharon Osbourne on the judging panel. In the blue corner: the BBC’s Strictly... Continue reading...

Kerry Katona and YouTube

October 27, 2008

Following her much talked about appearance on ITV’s This Morning show last week, searches for ‘kerry katona’ have gone through the roof. One website that received a lot of traffic from searches for the former Atomic Kitten singer was YouTube.... Continue reading...

Fast moving search terms: Olympics, BBC iPlayer, UCAS and fantasy football

August 18, 2008

The 10 fastest moving search terms in the UK last week were: 1. ucas track 2. bbc olympics 3. fantasy premier league 4. dream team 5. michael phelps 6. tom daley 7. the sun dream team 8. joules 9. last... Continue reading...

9 in 10 UK searches are navigational / branded

August 14, 2008

We’ve just updated our data on navigational / branded search in the UK for our new research report, Managing Your Brand Online. During May 2008, 88% of searches for the top 2,000 search terms in the UK were branded in... Continue reading...

Fast moving search terms: Olympics, celebrities and exams

August 11, 2008

No prizes for guessing what event dominated the fast moving search term list in the UK last week. Here’s the top 10. 1. beijing 2008 olympic games 2. olympics 3. craig jones 4. morgan freeman 5. olympics 2008 6. bernie... Continue reading...

Top 5 web 2.0 sites account for 1 in every 15 UK Internet visits

July 22, 2008

We issued a press release today containing our latest social network market share data. Facebook continues to grow its market share in the UK and reached a new high of 45% in June. However, that growth has been at the... Continue reading...

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In Categories Education | Social networks | Video

The Apprentice and BBC iPlayer

June 12, 2008

That’s what I’m talking about! Like nine million other Britons, the Hitwise UK office has been slightly obsessed with The Apprentice over the last few months. We were pleased to see peoples’ choice Lee McQueen crowned winner last night, although... Continue reading...

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In Categories Search | TV | Video

SATC more popular in UK than USA

May 27, 2008

The decision to hold the world premiere of the new Sex and the City movie in London has led to a surge in online searches in the UK. American interest in the film is yet to take off, although this... Continue reading...

London Mayoral elections: what does the Internet data say?

April 22, 2008

A lot has been made about how the candidates and voters for the London Mayoral elections on May 1st have embraced the Internet like never before - at least in British political terms, as this is one area where the... Continue reading...

Online video traffic up 178% in a year

March 26, 2008

UK Internet traffic to online video websites increased by 178% between February 2007 and 2008. A Hitwise custom category of the top 25 video websites in the UK accounted for 2.22% of all UK Internet visits in February 2008, equivalent... Continue reading...

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In Categories Search | Social networks | Video

Eduardo injury and YouTube

February 26, 2008

The horrific injury sustained by Arsenal’s Brazilian-born Croatian striker Eduardo da Silva has led to an outpouring of sympathy from football fans, and not just supporters of Arsenal or Croatia. Searches for ‘eduardo’ increased almost forty-fold last week, and ‘eduardo... Continue reading...

VideoJug: video search and 'how to' queries

February 21, 2008

With the ongoing popularity of video sharing websites like YouTube and information sharing websites such as Wikipedia, it was only a matter of time before the two were combined. The latest phenomenon gaining interest online is ‘videopedia’, a range of... Continue reading...

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In Categories Search | Video

Robin Goad

Research Director, Hitwise UK.