1. 1 PVR 2013 PVR Use Television Bureau of Canada September 2013

2. 2 What’s a PVR? Everyone who subscribes to a digital cable or satellite television service must have a receiver to decode the digital television signal they receive before they can view it on their television set PVR’s, or Personal Video Recorders, are the hardware/software which are built into many some digital television receivers to record programming Personal Video Recorder

3. 3 PVR Penetration Personal Video Recorder Source: BBM Canada As the penetration of digital television grows, particularly HDTV, so does the penetration of PVR’s (since they are built into many Digital & HDTV receivers) As of June 2013 PVR penetration in Canada has reached 46.8%

4. 4 PVR Penetration Personal Video Recorder Source: BBM Canada

5. 5 PVR Penetration There is a higher incidence of PVR ownership in the households of Adults 25-54 (and their kids P2-17) Half of PVR’s can be found in the households of A18-49 While they are less likely to be PVR owners, almost 1/3rd of PVR’s can be found in the households of A50+ Personal Video Recorder (19.8%) (25.4%) (47.7%) (31.6%) Source: BBM Canada InfoSys+ TV PPM; Total TV PPM; Total Canada 2+; M-Su 2a-2a; 2012/13 Broadcast Year; Based on Universe figures

6. 6 PVR Use PVR’s allow users to pause and rewind live programming, and to very easily record programs using the electronic program guide Once a program has been paused and resumed (or time-delayed) viewers are no longer watching live television; the PVR may then be used to fast forward through the program until the viewer catches up to the live timeline Likewise, when viewing recorded programming viewers may fast forward through to the end of the recording Personal Video Recorder

7. 7 PVR Use PVR use is recorded by BBM Canada as Playback viewing, and Playback is included in the audience delivery for a program Playback can mean viewing live programming time-delayed by pausing, or viewing recorded programming up to seven days after the original airing Playback viewing allows users to view the content when convenient, and to fast forward through the recorded content Personal Video Recorder

8. 8 PVR Use While almost everyone in Canada watches TV weekly, PVR’s owners are slightly more likely to watch TV than non- owners (they have recorded programming they NEED to watch!) TV’s weekly reach of PVR owners indexes at 101 v. s. the general P2+ population Personal Video Recorder Source: BBM Canada InfoSys+ TV PPM; Total TV PPM; Total Canada 2+; M-Su 2a-2a; 2012/13 Broadcast Year

9. 9 PVR Use On a per capita basis only 6.2% of weekly viewing is in Playback PVR owners view just 12.4% of their television content in Playback The majority of television consumed in Canada is Live; a mode of viewing in which commercials cannot be skipped Personal Video Recorder Source: BBM Canada InfoSys+ TV PPM; Total TV PPM; Total Canada 2+; M-Su 2a-2a; 2012/13 Broadcast Year

10. 10 PVR Use Share by Viewing Mode - Total Canada Source: BBM Canada InfoSys+ TV PPM; Total TV PPM; Total Canada 2+; M-Su 2a-2a; 2012/13 Broadcast Year

11. 11 PVR Use Source: BBM Canada InfoSys+ TV PPM; Total TV PPM; Total Canada 2+; M-Su 2a-2a; 2012/13 Broadcast Year Share by Viewing Mode – PVR Households

12. 12 PVR Use While time spent in Playback is a small portion of overall time spent viewing, the ability to fast forward in Playback allows users to fast forward through all recorded content including commercials A survey conducted by BBM Analytics for TVB indicates that even in fast forward, commercials break through because people stop to watch commercials of interest Personal Video Recorder Source: BBM Analytics OmniVU September 2013

13. 13 PVR Use Even when users do not stop, commercial messages still break through A large majority of PVR users indicate they are aware of the advertisers in the commercials they are fast forwarding This can be attributed to a state of hyper attentiveness as users are glued to the screen to determine where in the recording they wish to stop Personal Video Recorder Source: BBM Analytics OmniVU September 2013

14. 14 PVR Use Summary Source: BBM Analytics OmniVU September 2013 Commercials can only be skipped during Playback With just 6% of total viewing in Playback, PVR’s are not having a significant effect on the opportunity to see commercials In the 47% of households with a PVR, only 12% of viewing is in Playback In PVR households, 48% of viewers report that they stop skipping to view commercials of interest, and 69% report that they are aware of the advertisers in the commercials they see during fast forward

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