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March 2008 Helsinki, Finland Confidential & Proprietary • Copyright © 2007 The Nielsen Company By Almost Any Measure Television is Growing

Average Daily Household Television Viewing

8:00 8:11 8:14 7:31 7:15 7:07 6:55 6:00 6:36 5:56 6:07 5:29 5:06 4:51 4:00 4:35

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March 11, 2008 - Helsinki Page 2 Confidential & Proprietary Copyright © 2007 The Nielsen Company Finnish Television Consumption Remains Strong  Household Viewing Hours Per Day Remains Constant At Approximately 2 Hours 50 minutes  Despite Rising Usage, Teenagers Watch Nearly 1,5 Hours Daily – Up 10% Vs 1997 2:09 1:55 1:55 1:40 1:35 1:26 1:23 1:23 1:12 0:57 0:43 0:28 0:14 0:00 1993 1997 2002 2007

March 11, 2008 - Helsinki Page 3 Confidential & Proprietary Copyright © 2007 The Nielsen Company But Television Also is Changing

Number of Channels Available in the Average U.S. Home 120 104.2 100 92.6 96.4 80 61.4 60 41.1 40 33.2 18.8 13.6 15.4 15.7 20 10.1 15 n/a n/a 0 1985 1990 1995 2000 2004 2005 2006 Source: Nielsen Media Research

Channels per # of channels household viewed

March 11, 2008 - Helsinki Page 4 Confidential & Proprietary Copyright © 2007 The Nielsen Company Audiences are Fragmenting

Highest Rated Television Shows (1985 – 2006) [Ratings/Share] 30 Dynasty [25/37] 25 [23.4/35] [20.5/31] Millionaire 20 [18.6/29] CSI CSI [17.7/27] [15.9/24] [16.5/25] 15

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0 1985 1990 1995 2000 2004 2005 2006

Source: Nielsen Media Research

March 11, 2008 - Helsinki Page 5 Confidential & Proprietary Copyright © 2007 The Nielsen Company Viewers are Taking Control – 21% Own DVRs

Top 5 "Time-Shifted" Broadcast DVRs Lift Viewing of Popular TV Programs Network Programs by Viewers • Average increase among top shows 05/07/2007-05/13/2007 >10% Live Playback Lightest TV Viewers Watch More TV Once Viewing Viewing Gain Rank Program (000) (000) % They Have a DVR

1 Grey’s 18,116 2,727 15 • Affluent, better-educated professionals Anatomy (ABC) • 10.7 quarter hours vs.16.8 quarter hours with the DVR in their homes 2 American 23,393 2,685 11.2 Idol (FOX) More Than Half of All DVR Playback Occurs the Same Day the Show is Recorded 3 Lost 11,167 2,476 22 (ABC) Advertising Exposure Rises in DVR Homes 4 House 20,286 2,211 10.8 • Primetime broadcast commercials gain (FOX) 16% within first 27 hours of being recorded 5 Desperate 15,071 2,181 14.4 Housewives • Total increase reaches 22% after seven (ABC)

Source: Nielsen Media Research days

March 11, 2008 - Helsinki Page 6 Confidential & Proprietary Copyright © 2007 The Nielsen Company DVR Ownership Profile October 2007 3+ DVRs 5% 2 DVRs 25%

1 DVR 70%

March 11, 2008 - Helsinki Page 7 Confidential & Proprietary Copyright © 2007 The Nielsen Company DVR Ownership Profile

 More Than 21% of U.S. Homes Have a DVR  DVR Households Are Typically:

Upper income

Higher education

Without children  Younger Household Skew is Decreasing  DVR Households with HOH 55+ Increasing  30% Have More Than One DVR

March 11, 2008 - Helsinki Page 8 Confidential & Proprietary Copyright © 2007 The Nielsen Company DVR Playback by Daypart

Persons 18-49, May 2007

M-F 6AM-10AM 4% M-F 10AM-1PM 5% M-F 1PM-4PM 6% M-F 4PM-6PM 5% M-F 6PM-8PM 9% Prime 36% M-Su 11PM-1AM 14% M-Su 1AM-6AM 7% S 8AM-1PM 2% S 1PM-8PM 4% Su 8AM-1PM 2% Su 1PM-7PM 4%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40%

March 11, 2008 - Helsinki Page 9 Confidential & Proprietary Copyright © 2007 The Nielsen Company Live vs. Playback Viewing Prime Usage

P18-49 Playback Among DVR Households

100% 15% 16% 90% 16% 16% 16% 17% 18% 18% 18% 18% 19% 19% 19% 21% 21% 21% 21% 22% 22% 22% 23% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 0 0 '06 0 '06 0 06 '0 0 0 0 '07 07 '0 0 y ' t ' l ' y ' b ' ay pt ' n ' b ' ri ay pt '07 Jan '06 e ul Oc Ja e ul F Mar ' April '06 M June '0 J Aug Se Nov Dec '06 F Mar ' Ap M June '07 J Aug Se Live Minutes Playback

March 11, 2008 - Helsinki Page 10 Confidential & Proprietary Copyright © 2007 The Nielsen Company Program Rankings Broadcast Prime – P18-49 (Oct 2007)

7-Day Program Name Originator Live Live+SD Live+7 Lift GREY'S ANATOMY-THU ABC 6.73 7.60 8.71 1.98 HOUSE FOX 6.61 7.43 8.36 1.74 HEROES NBC 4.35 5.19 6.01 1.66 OFFICE NBC 3.93 4.60 5.47 1.54 ABC 6.38 7.17 7.81 1.44 SURVIVOR: CHINA CBS 3.85 4.56 5.02 1.17 CSI CBS 5.18 5.73 6.34 1.15 PRIVATE PRACTICE ABC 4.14 4.57 5.09 0.95 BIONIC WOMAN NBC 3.39 3.70 4.25 0.86 PRISON BREAK FOX 2.63 3.05 3.49 0.86

Ranked on Largest 7-day Playback Lift

March 11, 2008 - Helsinki Page 11 Confidential & Proprietary Copyright © 2007 The Nielsen Company Program Rankings Cable Prime – P18-49 (Oct 2007)

7-Day Program Name Originator Live Live+SD Live+7 Lift STARGATE ATLANTIS SCI-FI 0.47 0.58 0.73 0.27 THE SOUP E! 0.47 0.54 0.69 0.22 MIAMI/LA INK TLC 0.73 0.81 0.94 0.21 DOCTOR WHO SCI-FI 0.45 0.55 0.66 0.21 ALWAYS SUNNY IN FX 0.63 0.67 0.79 0.17 LINCOLN HEIGHTS ABC FAM 0.36 0.43 0.52 0.16 SIDE ORDER OF LIFE LIFETIME 0.33 0.39 0.48 0.15 HILLS, THE MTV 0.76 0.84 0.91 0.14 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA 1.75 1.81 1.89 0.14 LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG WORLD TLC 0.73 0.77 0.85 0.12

Ranked on Largest 7-day Playback Lift

March 11, 2008 - Helsinki Page 12 Confidential & Proprietary Copyright © 2007 The Nielsen Company DVR Seasonal Usage Trends

 The Amount of Playback Continues to Grow, as More Homes Acquire a DVR  The Amount of Playback in DVR Homes for Persons 18-49 Relative to Live is About 28% Except in the Summer  Broadcast TV Accounts for Almost 70 Percent of Playback in Winter and Then Drops to Less Than 40% in Summer When Ad Supported Cable Accounts for the Most Playback by Source

March 11, 2008 - Helsinki Page 13 Confidential & Proprietary Copyright © 2007 The Nielsen Company Profile Heavy vs. Light DVR Shifters Gender

70%

60% 64%

50% 54% 40% 46%

30% 36%

20%

10%

0% Heavy Light Women Men

March 11, 2008 - Helsinki Page 14 Confidential & Proprietary Copyright © 2007 The Nielsen Company Summary: Heavy and Light Shifters

Heavy Light

10% of Time Shifters Account 70% of Time Shifters Account for 38% of all Time Shifting for 29% of Time Shifting 26 Hours of Time Shifting per 3 Hours of Time Shifting per Week Week Mostly Women -- Few No Gender Difference Younger Men Single DVR Multiple DVRs Higher Income Middle Income More High Definition Sets Fewer High Definition Sets More Children Less Likely to Have Children

March 11, 2008 - Helsinki Page 15 Confidential & Proprietary Copyright © 2007 The Nielsen Company Average Hours: Minutes Viewed

Persons 18-49 TV Usage per Week (hh:mm) Nov 2007 72 DVR Playback 56:11 Live

48 25:48 37:26 32:39 31:24 11:32 27:52 6:19 2:57 24

30:56 32:54 30:23 25:03 25:53 24:54 19:01

0 All P18-49 Non-DVR DVR Heavy Medium Light Non-Shifters HH HH Shifters Shifters Shifters

March 11, 2008 - Helsinki Page 16 Confidential & Proprietary Copyright © 2007 The Nielsen Company DVR Playback Distribution Across Dayparts

DVR Playback Distribution All DVR Heavy Medium Daypart Households Shifters Shifters Light Shifters M-F 6A-10A 4.4% 5.0% 4.5% 3.3% M-F 10A-4P 11.5% 12.8% 11.1% 9.7% M-Su 8P-11P 33.2% 27.8% 34.5% 39.9% M-Su 11P-1A 12.4% 11.8% 12.4% 12.5% M-Su 1A-6A 7.2% 9.1% 6.5% 4.4% Sat 1P-8P 5.0% 5.4% 4.9% 4.5%

March 11, 2008 - Helsinki Page 17 Confidential & Proprietary Copyright © 2007 The Nielsen Company Percent of Viewing by Genre Among DVR Households

Percentage of Percentage of 7 Day Live Viewing Playback Viewing Difference Sports 14% 7% -50% Feature 11% 7% -38% General Drama 9% 34% 268% Situation Comedy 6% 8% 21% News 6% 3% -50% Documentary/Music 10% 9% -13% Reality/Variety 4% 10% 135% Daytime Television 3% 9% 183% TOTAL 64% 86%

March 11, 2008 - Helsinki Page 18 Confidential & Proprietary Copyright © 2007 The Nielsen Company Summary: Time Shifting Habits

 The Heaviest Time Shifters are Extremely Heavy Viewers – They View Twice as Much as Others  A Small Number of Programs Account for Almost 25% of All Time Shifting  Scripted Television Programs and General Dramas Are by Far The Most Time Shifted  Sports and News Are Far Less Time Shifted

March 11, 2008 - Helsinki Page 19 Confidential & Proprietary Copyright © 2007 The Nielsen Company Commercial Indices by DVR User

M-Su 6A-6A Commercial Index Live 3 Day Playback Live+3 Total US 94 50 92 Non-DVR HH 94 DVR HH 95 50 88 Heavy Shifters 96 52 80 Medium Shifters 95 48 83 Light Shifters 94 50 91

March 11, 2008 - Helsinki Page 20 Confidential & Proprietary Copyright © 2007 The Nielsen Company Commercial Exposure: Heavy Shifters

Persons 18-49 TV Usage per Week (hh:mm) Nov 2007 3 Day Playback 72 Commercial Index 52

48 25:48 Live +3 Playback Commercial Index 80 24 Live 30:23 Live 0 Commercial Index Heavy 96 Shifters

March 11, 2008 - Helsinki Page 21 Confidential & Proprietary Copyright © 2007 The Nielsen Company Commercial Exposure: Light Shifters

Persons 18-49 TV Usage per Week (hh:mm) Nov 2007 48 3 Day Playback Commercial Index 50

2:57 Live +3 24 Live Commercial Index 91 24:54 Live 0 Commercial Index Light 94 Shifters

March 11, 2008 - Helsinki Page 22 Confidential & Proprietary Copyright © 2007 The Nielsen Company Digital Video Is Changing The Landscape  In the U.S., 81 Million People Watch Video Online at Home or Work  In the U.S. Mobile Internet has 77 Million Subscribers  In Finland, Penetration of Digital Has Reached Almost 100 % 100 88% 80 60 38% 40 20 0 0 2002 2005 2007

March 11, 2008 - Helsinki Page 23 Confidential & Proprietary Copyright © 2007 The Nielsen Company The Importance of Digital Measurement

 Beginning in 2003, Finnpanel Launched Digital Measurement in Finland  In 2007 Finnpanel implemented UNITAM Technologies to measure Time-Shifted Viewing  The Finnish Media Industry is Facing A More Complex Media Landscape  Finnpanel Backed by The Nielsen Company is Here to Help!

March 11, 2008 - Helsinki Page 24 Confidential & Proprietary Copyright © 2007 The Nielsen Company THANK YOU

March 2008 Helsinki, Finland Confidential & Proprietary • Copyright © 2007 The Nielsen Company