Mediagazer: More than Nine Billion Video Streams Viewed in the U.S. in March (Nielsen Wire)

10:20 PM ET, April 27, 2010

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Nielsen Wire:

More than Nine Billion Video Streams Viewed in the U.S. in March — The Nielsen Company today reported overall online video usage and top online brands ranked by video streams for March 2010. The number of unique viewers of online video increased 1.3% year-over-year, from 130.1 million unique viewers …

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Emma Barnett / Telegraph:

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Laura Oliver / Journalism.co.uk:

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Jim Milliot / Publishers Weekly:

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Robert Andrews / paidContent:

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