Segments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

	Year Ended December 31,
(IN MILLIONS)	2013		2012		2011
Revenues
Buy	$	3,406	$	3,341	$	3,339
Watch		2,297		2,066		1,989
Total	$	5,703	$	5,407	$	5,328

	Year Ended December 31,
(IN MILLIONS)	2013			2012			2011
Business segment income/(loss)⁽¹⁾
Buy	$	660		$	676		$	685
Watch		989			856			792
Corporate and eliminations		(32	)		(28	)		(27	)
Total	$	1,617		$	1,504		$	1,450

	Year Ended December 31,
(IN MILLIONS)	2013		2012		2011
Depreciation and amortization
Buy	$	199	$	197	$	192
Watch		302		285		300
Corporate and eliminations		9		11		10
Total	$	510	$	493	$	502

	Year Ended December 31,
(IN MILLIONS)	2013		2012		2011
Restructuring charges
Buy	$	47	$	58	$	57
Watch		55		20		15
Corporate and eliminations		17		7		11
Total	$	119	$	85	$	83

	Year Ended December 31,
(IN MILLIONS)	2013		2012		2011
Stock-based compensation expense
Buy	$	14	$	10	$	8
Watch		11		7		5
Corporate and eliminations		22		17		14
Total	$	47	$	34	$	27

	Year Ended December 31,
(IN MILLIONS)	2013		2012			2011
Other items⁽²⁾
Buy	$	1	$	8		$	4
Watch		51		(9	)		—
Corporate and eliminations		28		13			108
Total	$	80	$	12		$	112

	Year Ended December 31,
(IN MILLIONS)	2013			2012			2011
Operating income/(loss)
Buy	$	399		$	403		$	424
Watch		570			553			472
Corporate and eliminations		(108	)		(76	)		(170	)
Total	$	861		$	880		$	726

(IN MILLIONS)	December 31, 2013		December 31, 2012
Total assets
Buy	$	6,768	$	6,773
Watch		8,326		6,817
Expositions		—		758
Corporate and eliminations⁽³⁾		436		237
Total	$	15,530	$	14,585

(1)	The Company’s chief operating decision making group uses business segment income/(loss) to measure performance from period to period both at the consolidated level as well as within its operating segments

(2)	Other items for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 consist primarily of one-time items associated with the acquisition of Arbitron, including non-cash purchase accounting adjustments and transaction related costs.

(3)	Includes deferred financing costs of $50 million and $60 million as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

(IN MILLIONS)	Year ended December 31,
(IN MILLIONS)	2013		2012		2011
Capital expenditures
Buy	$	171	$	169	$	176
Watch		197		181		184
Expositions		—		5		7
Corporate and eliminations		6		3		—
Total	$	374	$	358	$	367

Geographical Segment Information

Geographic Segment Information

(IN MILLIONS)	Revenues⁽¹⁾		Operating Income/ (Loss)			Long- lived Assets⁽²⁾
2013
United States	$	2,857	$	414		$	10,203
North and South America, excluding the United States		660		167			1,268
The Netherlands		39		(3	)		(6	)
Other Europe, Middle East & Africa		1,388		194			1,137
Asia Pacific		759		89			423
Total	$	5,703	$	861		$	13,025

(IN MILLIONS)	Revenues⁽¹⁾		Operating Income/ (Loss)		Long- lived Assets⁽²⁾
2012
United States	$	2,637	$	447	$	9,540
North and South America, excluding the United States		640		170		1,313
The Netherlands		39		2		8
Other Europe, Middle East & Africa		1,353		178		1,097
Asia Pacific		738		83		509
Total	$	5,407	$	880	$	12,467

(IN MILLIONS)	Revenues⁽¹⁾		Operating Income/ (Loss)
2011
United States	$	2,498	$	355
North and South America, excluding the United States		625		184
The Netherlands		43		(92	)
Other Europe, Middle East & Africa		1,447		184
Asia Pacific		715		95
Total	$	5,328	$	726

(1)	Revenues are attributed to geographic areas based on the location of customers.

(2)	Long-lived assets include property, plant and equipment, goodwill and other intangible assets.

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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