Segments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

	Year Ended December 31,
(IN MILLIONS)	2014			2013			2012
Revenues
Buy	$	3,523		$	3,406		$	3,341
Watch		2,765			2,297			2,066
Total	$	6,288		$	5,703		$	5,407

	Year Ended December 31,
(IN MILLIONS)	2014			2013			2012
Business segment income/(loss)⁽¹⁾
Buy	$	658		$	660		$	676
Watch		1,214			989			856
Corporate and eliminations		(35	)		(32	)		(28	)
Total	$	1,837		$	1,617		$	1,504

	Year Ended December 31,
(IN MILLIONS)	2014			2013			2012
Depreciation and amortization
Buy	$	224		$	199		$	197
Watch		343			302			285
Corporate and eliminations		6			9			11
Total	$	573		$	510		$	493

	Year Ended December 31,
(IN MILLIONS)	2014			2013			2012
Restructuring charges
Buy	$	64		$	47		$	58
Watch		14			55			20
Corporate and eliminations		11			17			7
Total	$	89		$	119		$	85

	Year Ended December 31,
(IN MILLIONS)	2014			2013			2012
Stock-based compensation expense
Buy	$	14		$	14		$	10
Watch		10			11			7
Corporate and eliminations		23			22			17
Total	$	47		$	47		$	34

	Year Ended December 31,
(IN MILLIONS)	2014			2013			2012
Other items⁽²⁾
Buy	$	(2	)	$	1		$	8
Watch		11			51			(9	)
Corporate and eliminations		30			28			13
Total	$	39		$	80		$	12

	Year Ended December 31,
(IN MILLIONS)	2014			2013			2012
Operating income/(loss)
Buy	$	358		$	399		$	403
Watch		836			570			553
Corporate and eliminations		(105	)		(108	)		(76	)
Total	$	1,089		$	861		$	880

(IN MILLIONS)	December 31, 2014		December 31, 2013
Total assets
Buy	$	6,869	$	6,768
Watch		8,156		8,326
Corporate and eliminations⁽³⁾		351		436
Total	$	15,376	$	15,530

(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)

For the year ended December 31, 2014, other items primarily consist of non-recurring costs. For the year months ended December 31, 2013, other items primarily consist 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 for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

	Year ended December 31,
(IN MILLIONS)	2014		2013		2012
Capital expenditures
Buy	$	206	$	171	$	169
Watch		198		197		181
Expositions	—		—			5
Corporate and eliminations		8		6		3
Total	$	412	$	374	$	358

Geographical Segment Information

Geographic Segment Information

			Operating			Long-
			Income/			lived
(IN MILLIONS)	Revenues⁽¹⁾		(Loss)			Assets⁽²⁾
2014
United States	$	3,415	$	700		$	10,255
North and South America, excluding the United States		670		161			1,150
The Netherlands		40	(16		)	1
Other Europe, Middle East & Africa		1,392		151			1,128
Asia Pacific		771		93			385
Total	$	6,288	$	1,089		$	12,919

			Operating			Long-
			Income/			lived
(IN MILLIONS)	Revenues⁽¹⁾		(Loss)			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


			Operating
			Income/
(IN MILLIONS)	Revenues⁽¹⁾		(Loss)
2012
United States	$	2,637	$	447
North and South America, excluding the United States		640		170
The Netherlands		39		2
Other Europe, Middle East & Africa		1,353		178
Asia Pacific		738		83
Total	$	5,407	$	880

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

- Definition

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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