Click to EnlargeSource: Nielsen 3 Screen Report for Q4 2009, released March 2010
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
US video viewing via TV, internet and mobile, by demographic
Click to EnlargeSource: Nielsen 3 Screen Report for Q4 2009, released March 2010
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Monday, March 29, 2010
Approximately 60% of gamers say they have bought some sort of virtual good within a game
"Free-to-play games, where you can play a game for free but are then encouraged to buy virtual goods such as weapons, have taken off. Even though this business model is like a return to the expensive old days when gamers paid a quarter for minutes of play, hardcore gamers are embracing virtual goods.
About 88 percent of 4,816 gamers surveyed said they had purchased some form of digital content, including music, movies and games. About 60 percent of respondents said they had purchased a virtual good inside a game (where the virtual good was not a full game), according to a new report by market researcher DFC Intelligence and virtual goods platform company Live Gamer.
Many of the virtual goods games fall into the category of MMO Lite, or relatively casual massively multiplayer online games. These games don’t have the high monthly fees of World of Warcraft, which charges $14.95 a month. DFC Intelligence forecasts that the North American and European MMO Lite market will grow from $800 million in 2009 to $3 billion by 2015.
Gamers in both Europe and North America are now comfortable with buying digital content, the report said. Buying virtual characters, weapons, decorations or other items is now common in games ranging from Zynga’s FarmVille on Facebook to Nexon’s Combat Arms. These sorts of online games have hundreds of millions of users around the world."
Source: Research from DFC Intelligence and virtual goods platform company Live Gamer, reported by VentureBeat, 29th March 2010
About 88 percent of 4,816 gamers surveyed said they had purchased some form of digital content, including music, movies and games. About 60 percent of respondents said they had purchased a virtual good inside a game (where the virtual good was not a full game), according to a new report by market researcher DFC Intelligence and virtual goods platform company Live Gamer.
Many of the virtual goods games fall into the category of MMO Lite, or relatively casual massively multiplayer online games. These games don’t have the high monthly fees of World of Warcraft, which charges $14.95 a month. DFC Intelligence forecasts that the North American and European MMO Lite market will grow from $800 million in 2009 to $3 billion by 2015.
Gamers in both Europe and North America are now comfortable with buying digital content, the report said. Buying virtual characters, weapons, decorations or other items is now common in games ranging from Zynga’s FarmVille on Facebook to Nexon’s Combat Arms. These sorts of online games have hundreds of millions of users around the world."
Source: Research from DFC Intelligence and virtual goods platform company Live Gamer, reported by VentureBeat, 29th March 2010
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Children of primary and secondary school age out of school
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) publishes annual estimates of the number of children of primary school age out of school. A recent paper by Michael Bruneforth and Peter Wallet, Out-of-school adolescents (UIS 2010), extends the analysis to children of lower secondary school age. Any child enrolled in primary, secondary or tertiary education is considered in school, regardless of the child's age. Only children that are truly excluded from education are counted as out of school.
The paper's regional and global estimates of the number and percent of children out of school are reproduced in this article. Table 1 lists the population of primary and lower secondary school age in 2007. Worldwide there were about 653 million children of primary school age and 388 million children of lower secondary school age. More than half of these children lived in South and West Asia and East Asia and the Pacific.
Table 1: Population of primary and lower secondary school age by region (million), 2007
Source: UIS 2010, page 10, Table 1; author's calculations. - Note: Figures may not sum due to rounding.
Figure 1 illustrates the regional distribution of the population of primary and lower secondary school age. The number of children in these age groups is plotted along the horizontal axis. The vertical axis indicates the share of children of primary and lower secondary school age in each region. The regions with the largest number of school-age children in 2007 were South and West Asia (284 million), East Asia and the Pacific (281 million), and Sub-Saharan Africa (183 million). More than 60 percent of the combined population of primary and lower secondary school age were of primary school age. Central Asia and Central and Eastern Europe were exceptions, with a greater share of children of lower secondary school age than in other regions. The large share of primary-age children in Sub-Saharan Africa is a symptom of its high population growth rate.
Figure 1: Population of primary and lower secondary school age by region, 2007
Source: UIS 2010, page 10, Table 1; author's calculations. - CEE: Central and Eastern Europe, NAWE: North America and Western Europe, LAC: Latin America and the Caribbean.
The share and number of children out of school are listed in Table 2. At the global level, 11 percent or 72 million of all children of primary school age and 18 percent or 71 million of all children of lower secondary school age were out of school. The combined global share of children out of school was 14 percent. Out-of-school rates were highest in Sub-Saharan Africa, where 26 percent of all primary school-age children and 37 percent of all secondary school-age children were excluded from education.
Table 2: Children of primary and lower secondary school age out of school by region, 2007
Source: UIS 2010, page 10, Table 1.
As illustrated in Figure 2, out-of-school rates are always higher at the secondary level of education than at the primary level. This is not surprising because not all students complete primary education and not all of those who graduate from primary school transfer to secondary school to continue their education. In addition to Sub-Saharan Africa, South and West Asia (27 percent) and the Arab States (20 percent) also had a high share of children of secondary school age out of school.
Figure 2: Children of primary and lower secondary school age out of school by region, 2007
Source: UIS 2010, page 10, Table 1.
The distribution of children out of school by region in 2007 is shown in Figure 3. A comparison with the population distribution in Figure 1 makes clear that children from Sub-Saharan Africa and South and West Asia were disproportionately more likely to be out of school than children from other regions. More than two thirds of the 143 million out-of-school children of primary and lower secondary age were from Sub-Saharan Africa (54 million) and South and West Asia (47 million). 20 million children out of school lived in East Asia and 10 million in the Arab States. The remaining 13 million children out of school were from Latin America and the Caribbean (5 million), Central and Eastern Europe (3.5 million), North America and Western Europe (3.3 million), and Central Asia (0.7 million).
Figure 3: Children of primary and lower secondary school age out of school by region, 2007
Source: UIS 2010, page 10, Table 1. - CEE: Central and Eastern Europe, NAWE: North America and Western Europe, LAC: Latin America and the Caribbean.
In Sub-Saharan Africa, the Arab States, North America and Western Europe, and Latin America and the Caribbean most children out of school were of primary age. In South and West Asia, East Asia, and Central and Eastern Europe most children out of school were of lower secondary age. At the global level, the number of out-of-school children of primary school age and lower secondary school age was roughly equal (see Table 2).
References
Friedrich Huebler, 28 March 2010 (edited 17 August 2011), Creative Commons License
Permanent URL: http://huebler.blogspot.com/2010/03/coos.html
The paper's regional and global estimates of the number and percent of children out of school are reproduced in this article. Table 1 lists the population of primary and lower secondary school age in 2007. Worldwide there were about 653 million children of primary school age and 388 million children of lower secondary school age. More than half of these children lived in South and West Asia and East Asia and the Pacific.
Table 1: Population of primary and lower secondary school age by region (million), 2007
| Region | Primary | Lower secondary | Total |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 124.9 | 57.9 | 182.7 |
| Arab States | 41.4 | 21.9 | 63.5 |
| South and West Asia | 176.8 | 106.8 | 284.2 |
| Central Asia | 5.6 | 8.0 | 13.8 |
| East Asia and the Pacific | 173.8 | 106.5 | 281.2 |
| Central and Eastern Europe | 22.2 | 20.3 | 42.1 |
| North America and Western Europe | 50.8 | 31.0 | 81.6 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 58.6 | 35.9 | 93.7 |
| World | 652.6 | 388.2 | 1042.5 |
Figure 1 illustrates the regional distribution of the population of primary and lower secondary school age. The number of children in these age groups is plotted along the horizontal axis. The vertical axis indicates the share of children of primary and lower secondary school age in each region. The regions with the largest number of school-age children in 2007 were South and West Asia (284 million), East Asia and the Pacific (281 million), and Sub-Saharan Africa (183 million). More than 60 percent of the combined population of primary and lower secondary school age were of primary school age. Central Asia and Central and Eastern Europe were exceptions, with a greater share of children of lower secondary school age than in other regions. The large share of primary-age children in Sub-Saharan Africa is a symptom of its high population growth rate.
Figure 1: Population of primary and lower secondary school age by region, 2007
Source: UIS 2010, page 10, Table 1; author's calculations. - CEE: Central and Eastern Europe, NAWE: North America and Western Europe, LAC: Latin America and the Caribbean.
The share and number of children out of school are listed in Table 2. At the global level, 11 percent or 72 million of all children of primary school age and 18 percent or 71 million of all children of lower secondary school age were out of school. The combined global share of children out of school was 14 percent. Out-of-school rates were highest in Sub-Saharan Africa, where 26 percent of all primary school-age children and 37 percent of all secondary school-age children were excluded from education.
Table 2: Children of primary and lower secondary school age out of school by region, 2007
| Region | Primary | Lower secondary | Total | |||
| Percent | Million | Percent | Million | Percent | Million | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 25.8 | 32.2 | 36.8 | 21.3 | 29.3 | 53.5 |
| Arab States | 13.9 | 5.8 | 19.5 | 4.3 | 15.8 | 10.0 |
| South and West Asia | 10.2 | 18.0 | 27.3 | 29.1 | 16.6 | 47.2 |
| Central Asia | 4.8 | 0.3 | 4.9 | 0.4 | 4.8 | 0.7 |
| East Asia and the Pacific | 5.2 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 10.6 | 7.0 | 19.7 |
| Central and Eastern Europe | 7.0 | 1.6 | 9.6 | 1.9 | 8.3 | 3.5 |
| North America and Western Europe | 3.8 | 1.9 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 4.0 | 3.3 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 5.1 | 3.0 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 5.3 | 5.0 |
| World | 11.0 | 71.8 | 18.3 | 71.0 | 13.7 | 142.8 |
As illustrated in Figure 2, out-of-school rates are always higher at the secondary level of education than at the primary level. This is not surprising because not all students complete primary education and not all of those who graduate from primary school transfer to secondary school to continue their education. In addition to Sub-Saharan Africa, South and West Asia (27 percent) and the Arab States (20 percent) also had a high share of children of secondary school age out of school.
Figure 2: Children of primary and lower secondary school age out of school by region, 2007
Source: UIS 2010, page 10, Table 1.
The distribution of children out of school by region in 2007 is shown in Figure 3. A comparison with the population distribution in Figure 1 makes clear that children from Sub-Saharan Africa and South and West Asia were disproportionately more likely to be out of school than children from other regions. More than two thirds of the 143 million out-of-school children of primary and lower secondary age were from Sub-Saharan Africa (54 million) and South and West Asia (47 million). 20 million children out of school lived in East Asia and 10 million in the Arab States. The remaining 13 million children out of school were from Latin America and the Caribbean (5 million), Central and Eastern Europe (3.5 million), North America and Western Europe (3.3 million), and Central Asia (0.7 million).
Figure 3: Children of primary and lower secondary school age out of school by region, 2007
Source: UIS 2010, page 10, Table 1. - CEE: Central and Eastern Europe, NAWE: North America and Western Europe, LAC: Latin America and the Caribbean.
In Sub-Saharan Africa, the Arab States, North America and Western Europe, and Latin America and the Caribbean most children out of school were of primary age. In South and West Asia, East Asia, and Central and Eastern Europe most children out of school were of lower secondary age. At the global level, the number of out-of-school children of primary school age and lower secondary school age was roughly equal (see Table 2).
References
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). 2010. Out-of-school adolescents. Montreal: UIS.
- Announcement of paper on UIS website
- Download English version (PDF, 208 KB)
- Download French version: Adolescents non scolarisés (PDF, 216 KB)
- Figures 1 and 3 were created with the spineplot add-on for Stata by Nicholas Cox.
- Cox, Nicholas J. 2008. "Speaking Stata: Spineplots and their kin." Stata Journal 8 (1): 105-121. http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gr0031
- Global population of primary school age, 2000-2015
- Population structure and children out of school
- National wealth and years of education
- National wealth and school enrollment
- Survival rate to the last grade of primary school
- Transition from primary to secondary education
- Regional disparities in school life expectancy
- School life expectancy
- Universal primary education by 2015: A goal out of reach?
- Trends in primary school enrollment, 1970-2004
- Regional trends in secondary school enrollment, 1980-2000
- Official school ages: primary, secondary, and compulsory education
Friedrich Huebler, 28 March 2010 (edited 17 August 2011), Creative Commons License
Permanent URL: http://huebler.blogspot.com/2010/03/coos.html
Friday, March 26, 2010
Pre-tax losses for The Times & The Sunday Times hit £87m for the year to June 2009
"Pre-tax losses for the Times and the Sunday Times widened to £87.7m for the year to 28 June 2009, from £50.2m in the previous 12 months.
Statutory accounts filed to Companies House have also revealed that at News Group Newspapers, the News International subsidiary that publishes the Sun and the News of the World, profits fell to £40.3m, down from £44.7m, during the 12-month period.
Turnover at Times Newspapers, the News International subsidiary that publishes the Times and Sunday Times, was down 13.4% year on year to £385.5m. News Group Newspapers' turnover was down 1.4% year on year to £617.9m.
The company blamed the widening losses at Times Newspapers on declining advertising revenues and said its directors expected the general level of activity to continue "for the foreseeable future"."
Source: The Guardian, 23rd March 2010
Statutory accounts filed to Companies House have also revealed that at News Group Newspapers, the News International subsidiary that publishes the Sun and the News of the World, profits fell to £40.3m, down from £44.7m, during the 12-month period.
Turnover at Times Newspapers, the News International subsidiary that publishes the Times and Sunday Times, was down 13.4% year on year to £385.5m. News Group Newspapers' turnover was down 1.4% year on year to £617.9m.
The company blamed the widening losses at Times Newspapers on declining advertising revenues and said its directors expected the general level of activity to continue "for the foreseeable future"."
Source: The Guardian, 23rd March 2010
US newspaper ad revenues (print & online) fell by 27% in 2009
"Combined print and online advertising revenue fell 27.2 percent in 2009 to 27.56 billion dollars from 37.84 billion dollars the previous year, according to NAA figures released on Wednesday.
Print advertising revenue dropped 28.6 percent in 2009 to 24.82 billion dollars while online advertising revenue declined by 11.8 percent to 2.74 billion dollars, the NAA said.
Classified advertising revenue was particularly hard hit, falling by 38.1 percent last year to 6.17 billion dollars.
Free online sites such as Craigslist have devastated classified advertising since the ads reached a peak of 19.6 billion dollars in 2000, the year print advertising revenue also hit an all-time high of 48.67 billion dollars."
Source: Newspaper Association of America, reported by AFP, 25th March 2010
Print advertising revenue dropped 28.6 percent in 2009 to 24.82 billion dollars while online advertising revenue declined by 11.8 percent to 2.74 billion dollars, the NAA said.
Classified advertising revenue was particularly hard hit, falling by 38.1 percent last year to 6.17 billion dollars.
Free online sites such as Craigslist have devastated classified advertising since the ads reached a peak of 19.6 billion dollars in 2000, the year print advertising revenue also hit an all-time high of 48.67 billion dollars."
Source: Newspaper Association of America, reported by AFP, 25th March 2010
Lady Gaga's online videos have generated more than 1 billion views in aggregate
"Lady Gaga is the most-watched franchise in history with Poker Face, Bad Romance, and Just Dance. She's also the first and only franchise from any category to surpass 1 billion views. Vampire romance Twilight isn't far behind, with New Moon and Twilight sinking their teeth into a combined 980 million views. Soulja Boy comes in third, with 860 million views, helped by the boost from Crank Dat's 720+ million views. Beyonce and Michael Jackson follow with 740 and 730 million views, respectively."
Source: Research from Visible Measures, reported in their blog, 23rd March 2010
Source: Research from Visible Measures, reported in their blog, 23rd March 2010
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