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Streaming video attracts 94 mn Americans in June 2005
MUMBAI: More than 94 million people in the US in June 2005, or 56 per cent of the domestic Internet population, viewed a streaming video online, according to research firm comScore Media Metrix. Over the three months ending June 2005, the average consumer viewed 73 minutes of streaming video content per month.
The research firm released analysis of consumer usage of online streaming video content, based on the comScore Media Metrix Online Video Ratings service.
comScore Media Metrix’s online video ratings deliver key metrics and analysis across specific Web sites and content providers, providing visibility into the rapidly-growing streaming media landscape. comScore Media Metrix president and CEO Peter Daboil says, “This research confirms that streaming video is now part of the Web experience for a broad base of consumers. This technology is changing advertising on the
Web, by allowing richer, more emotive connections between brands and consumers.”
Key findings
– Male users, who represent 50 per cent of the total online population, account for 61 per cent of all video streamers.
– Male and female viewers spend virtually the same amount of time viewing online video content (72.4 and 70.6 minutes respectively). However, the 18-34 year-old male segment, which has proven difficult to reach through other media, views a significantly greater 84 minutes of online video content per viewer.
– For the month of June, the Daytime daypart (10 am to 4:30 pm) had the most streaming activity with 18 streams per streamer. This was followed closely by Late Night (1 am to 7 am) with nearly 17 streams per streamer and Late Fringe (11 pm to 1 am) with 15 streams per streamer.
Daboil adds, “Online video is uniquely positioned to break through clutter, changing media preferences, and other obstacles facing advertisers today. comScore is excited to have developed the only technology that can measure this revolutionary change in the advertising landscape.”
Broadband Enterprises distributes online video content across a network of more than 350 publishers. The company’s president and CEO Matt Wasserlauf says, “With comScore Media Metrix Online Video Ratings, we now have the tools necessary to give media buyers the utmost confidence in their placements. comScore helps provide objective viewer metrics as television budgets increasingly migrate to broadband.”
comScore Networks provides insight into consumer behavior and attitudes. This capability is based on a massive, global cross-section of more than two million consumers who have given comScore explicit permission to confidentially capture their browsing and transaction behavior, including online and offline purchasing. comScore panelists also participate in survey research that captures and integrates their attitudes and intentions. Through its proprietary technology, comScore says that it measures what matters across a broad spectrum of behaviour and attitudes. comScore consultants apply this deep knowledge of customers and competitors to help clients design marketing strategies and tactics that deliver superior ROI.
comScore states that its services are used by AOL, Yahoo!, Verizon, Best Buy, The Newspaper Association of America, Tribune Interactive, ESPN, Nestle, Bank of America, Universal McCann, the US Postal Service, GlaxoSmithKline and Orbitz.
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Tata Consumer Products highlights workplace bias with no repeat campaign
Women often repeat ideas to be heard; Tata campaign spotlights bias
MUMBAI: In many offices, a familiar moment unfolds. A woman shares an idea in a meeting. The room nods politely, then moves on. A few minutes later, someone else repeats the same thought and suddenly it lands.
This International Women’s Day, Tata Consumer Products is drawing attention to that quiet but persistent workplace dynamic through TheNoRepeatCampaign, an initiative that highlights how often women must repeat themselves before their ideas are acknowledged.
Conceptualised by Schbang, the campaign centres on a mockumentary-style film featuring a corporate employee known simply as “Doobara”, which literally means “again”. The character symbolises the many women across workplaces who find themselves restating their ideas during meetings, brainstorms and presentations before they receive recognition.
The campaign is grounded in research that reflects a broader workplace pattern. According to McKinsey & Company’s Women in the Workplace 2024 report, 39 percent of women say they are interrupted or spoken over in professional settings. Research by Perceptyx in 2022 adds to that picture, with 19 percent of women reporting frequent interruptions and 42 percent saying it happens at least sometimes.
Tata Consumer Products head of corporate communications and investor relations Nidhi Verma, said the campaign aims to bring a commonly experienced but rarely discussed bias into the open.
“Workplaces thrive when every voice is heard the first time it speaks. With #TheNoRepeatCampaign, we wanted to shine a light on a bias that many women experience but rarely gets called out openly. By encouraging teams to listen more consciously and acknowledge ideas fairly, we hope to create environments where contributions are valued for their merit, not the number of times they need to be repeated,” she said.
The film cleverly mirrors the very behaviour it critiques. Through deliberate repetition in the storytelling, viewers experience the subtle frustration of having a point overlooked until someone else echoes it back to the room.
The initiative also ties into Tata Consumer Products’ internal SpeakUp culture, which encourages employees to share ideas and feedback openly while emphasising the shared responsibility of listening and acknowledging contributions.
Schbang president of solutions Jitto George, said the insight behind the campaign came from everyday workplace observations.
“The insight was simple but powerful. Many women have experienced moments where their ideas gain traction only after someone else repeats them. We wanted the storytelling to reflect that reality in a way that feels relatable, slightly uncomfortable and difficult to ignore. The mockumentary format helped capture that everyday dynamic while prompting viewers to rethink how conversations unfold in their own workplaces,” he said.
Aligned with International Women’s Day 2026’s theme, “Give To Gain”, the campaign underlines a simple message. When organisations give attention, acknowledgement and visibility to women’s voices, the entire workplace benefits.
After all, when good ideas are heard the first time, they do not need a second attempt.
