comScore has acquired Nedstat, a provider of web analytics and innovative video measurement solutions for approximately $36.7 million.
Headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Nedstat offers technology that helps organizations optimize customer experiences and maximize the return on digital media investments.
With the Nedstat technology installed on thousands of sites, the acquisition helps comScore accelerate its global expansion strategy, particularly in European markets, and strengthens comScore’s Unified Digital Measurement(TM) (UDM) platform, which combines panel-based audience measurement with census-level data collection to provide a holistic view of digital consumer behavior.
“The acquisition of Nedstat is another important step towards fulfilling our vision of making the Unified Digital Measurement platform the global standard for digital measurement,” said Dr. Magid Abraham, comScore President & CEO. “In addition, our clients are asking for a new class of business applications to maximize the monetization of their audiences using the UDM data we already collect.
“We are excited to join forces with comScore, a recognized global leader in digital measurement,” said Michael Kinsbergen, CEO of Nedstat. “comScore’s ‘Unified Digital Measurement’ platform presents a compelling vision of the future of digital measurement, and we are eager to play a vital role in helping to make that vision a reality. We believe that Nedstat web analytics can add substantial value for clients when combined with the existing comScore measurement platform.”
Upon the acquisition, Nedstat became a wholly owned subsidiary of comScore. Kinsbergen will be helping in the transition and will continue to be involved by joining comScore’s advisory board.
In addition, Fred Appelman, Nedstat’s Chief Technology Officer, and Michiel Berger, Nedstat’s co-founder and Chief Innovations Officer, will join comScore in senior strategy and technology roles.
comScore believes that the Nedstat acquisition will contribute approximately $4 million of additional revenue for the remainder of 2010. comScore anticipates that due to transaction-related expenses and transaction-related accounting adjustments the transaction will be dilutive to 2010 GAAP and non-GAAP net income, but accretive to quarterly GAAP and non-GAAP net income within the first
half of 2011.
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