Arbitron Inc.

COLUMBIA, Md., April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Use of sports apps by members of the Arbitron Mobile smartphone panel has been climbing steadily since their post-Super Bowl, mid-winter doldrums, thanks to the NCAA Tournament and opening days of the regular season of Major League Baseball. (Photo: ... read more

COLUMBIA, Md., April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A greater percentage of iPhone(®) users (67.5 percent) use mobile apps for commerce compared to Android(TM) users (43.9 percent) in the Arbitron Mobile U.S. smartphone panel. iPhone users spend more time than Android users with mobile commerce apps (105.3 ... read more

COLUMBIA Md., April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Arbitron Inc. (NYSE: ARB) has scheduled its annual meeting of stockholders for Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at 9:00AM local time at the Four Seasons Hotel New York, 57 East 57 Street, New York, New York, 10022. The date for determining the ... read more

COLUMBIA, Md., April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- One in three Americans aged 12 and older now listen to all forms of online radio(1) on a weekly basis according to the new national survey from Arbitron Inc. (NYSE: ARB) and Edison Research, The Infinite Dial 2013: Navigating Digital Platforms. The study, released ... read more

COLUMBIA, Md., March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Third-party apps dominate the consumption of online video on mobile devices among all participants in the seven Arbitron Mobile-based measurement services in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, China, Japan, and Indonesia. While a larger percentage of smartphone ... read more

COLUMBIA, Md., March 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobile gamers and social networkers spend the most time playing games or posting updates during TV prime time--weekdays from 8PM to 10PM--according to an hour-by-hour analysis of Arbitron Mobile smartphone panelists in the United States during the fourth quarter 2012. Five functions--voice calls, messaging, ... read more

COLUMBIA, Md., March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Wi-Fi(®) remains the leading data network for on-the-go data consumption in the five leading Arbitron Mobile-based smartphone panels. Even as carriers aggressively promote their newest generation of cellular data networking, the Arbitron smartphone panelists in the United States, United Kingdom, ... read more

COLUMBIA, Md., Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Japanese smartphone panelists are the predominant users of Voice over IP (VoIP) applications on mobile devices, according to the latest updates by Arbitron Mobile for its smartphone measurement services in seven countries around the world. Almost 70 percent of the ... read more

COLUMBIA, Md., Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- United Kingdom smartphone panelists spend the most time with mobile social media out of all the participants in seven Arbitron Mobile-based measurement services in the United States, Europe and Asia. U.K. social media fans--86 percent of the ... read more

COLUMBIA, Md., Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A larger percentage of iPhone® users in the Arbitron Mobile U.S. smartphone panel--85.7 percent--played mobile gaming apps in December 2012 compared to Android(TM)-using panelists--76 percent. iPhone mobile gamers in the panel also accessed gaming apps more often ... read more

COLUMBIA, Md., Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Arbitron Inc. (NYSE: ARB) today announced that it plans to report fourth quarter and full year 2012 financial results on Monday, February 25, 2013, after the close of the market. Due to the pending acquisition of Arbitron Inc. by Nielsen Holdings ... read more