Wireless Telecom
AT&T Wireless vs. Sprint vs. T-Mobile vs. Verizon Wireless [For the fourth year running the winner is... Verizon Wireless]
•Verizon dominated the category this year, scoring the lowest fast-forward rates overall, on Cable, and in Primetime. •With almost one quarter of its Broadcast spots airing on NBC, Verizon Wireless had the lowest fast-forward rate when compared to the other wireless carriers. •Verizon Wireless scored at least a 25% advantage over AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile with its fast-forward rate in the coveted first pod position.
Handheld Video Game Consoles
Nintendo 3DS vs. Sony PlayStation Vita [The winner, for the third year in a row, is... Nintendo 3DS]
•Nintendo 3DS delivered a fast-forward rate in Daytime that was only one-third the rate experienced by Sony PlayStation Vita. •While Sony aired significantly more spots in the first pod position, Nintendo 3DS scored a much lower fast-forward rate. •Both brands allocated a large percentage of their Cable spots to Comedy Central, but Nintendo 3DS received a significantly lower fast-forward rate.
Tablets
Amazon Kindle Fire vs. Apple iPad vs. Google Nexus 7 & 10 vs. Microsoft Surface vs. Barnes & Noble NOOK vs. Samsung Galaxy [The winner is... NOOK]
•While the Apple iPad aired 20% of its spots in the first pod position and NOOK only 10%, NOOK scored a superior fast-forward rate in the first pod compared to all the other tablets. •All six tablet brands allocated a significant amount of spots to the USA Network and Comedy Central, but it was NOOK who delivered the lowest fast-forward rate on both networks.
Digital Cameras
Canon EOS vs. GoPro Hero vs. Nikon D vs. Olympus Pen [The winner is... Olympus Pen]
•Despite Ashton Kutcher's best effort for Nikon D, the Olympus Pen had less overall fast-forwarding than the other digital camera advertisers. •Even though the Olympus Pen had fewer spots in the first pod position than the other brands, it delivered significantly less fast-forwarding. •The Olympus Pen spot "Amazing Image Quality" scored less fast-forwarding than the primary spots of the other digital camera advertisers.
Game System
Nintendo Wii U vs. Microsoft Kinect vs. Xbox 360 [The winner is... Xbox 360]
•Xbox 360 garnered a lower overall fast-forward rate than Microsoft Kinect and Nintendo Wii U. •All three game systems managed to get only 10% of their spots in the coveted first pod position, but Xbox 360 came out on top when it came to fast-forward rate. •Xbox 360, Microsoft Kinect and Nintendo Wii U all aired significant schedules on ABC Family, but it was Xbox 360 that delivered the lowest fast-forward rate.
Video Game Systems for Children
LeapFrog Leapster GS vs. VTech Inno Tab [The winner in this new category is... VTech Inno Tab]
•Both VTech and LeapFrog aired approximately one-third of their spots in Daytime where VTech scored a significantly lower fast-forward rate. •VTech also delivered the lower fast-forward rate in the first pod position. •The Food Network garnered a significant share of the spot allocation for VTech and LeapFrog, and it was VTech that experienced less fast-forwarding.
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