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Battle of the TV Networks: The Results
We're excited to announce the results of our latest bug-hunting competition: The Battle of the TV Networks. Over the course of a week, 500+ testers from 30 countries searched the web and mobile sites of the major TV Networks for the most compelling bugs they could find - with nearly $4,000 in prize money on the line. In addition to the bug-hunting, testers also ranked each site based on video quality & load speed, ease of use, community features and other criteria.
After all was said and done, testers reported a total of 908 bugs and NBC.com narrowly defeated CBS.com for the Bug Battle win. Here are some other top-line findings:
- Nearly 50% of survey respondents chose video quality as the most important attribute when evaluating online TV networks, followed by ease of use (33%), TV content & shows (12%) and community features (5%).
- NBC.com scored highest for video quality; CBS.com scored highest in the ease of use category (see page two).
- 70% of respondents watch at least one show online each week, and more than one quarter watch four or more shows per week. 7% watch seven or more programs online each week.
- More than 10% of reported bugs were found on mobile devices. No TV network supported mobile online media watching as they all rely on Flash (tested Blackberry, iPhone, Windows Mobile, Symbian & Android phones).
- Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities of varying degrees of severity were discovered on 3 out of 4 networks.
For a complete run-down on the results, be sure to download our detailed report
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Here are the Bug Battle winners from the uTest community, separated by category:
The Winners:
| Award | Name | Country | Prize |
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Overall Top Tester Top Mobile Tester |
Santhosh Tuppad Bernard Lelchuk |
 
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$500 $400 |
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Best Bug 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th |
Santhosh Tuppad Hasan Sadiq Brian Rock Sreenuraj Varma M William Ricardi |
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$400 $300 $200 $100 $50 |
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Best Feedback 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th |
Bernard Lelchuk Dave Trimble Brad Sellick Ranchhod Prajapati Shmuel Gershon |
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$400 $300 $200 $100 $50 |
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Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Honorable Mention |
Adam Shore Alexey Filippow Amit Kulkarni Bhavesh Karodiwal Eitan G Eureka Lopes Gaurang Joshi Hiren Vyas Jaya Dinu Jigar Patel Luz Giraudo Milan Patel Nandagopal Rajagopal Saritha Kamaraju Vivek Gar |
  
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$50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 |
Congratulations to the Bug Battle winners, and of course, a big thanks to all those from the uTest community who participated.
Have suggestions for our next Bug Battle? Let us know at marketing@utest.com.