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.

Here are the Bug Battle winners from the uTest community, separated by category:

The Winners:

Award Name Country Prize
Overall
Top Tester
Top Mobile Tester
Santhosh Tuppad
Bernard Lelchuk
India
Israel
$500
$400

Santhosh Tuppad
Hasan Sadiq
Brian Rock
Sreenuraj Varma M
William Ricardi
India
India
USA
India
USA
$400
$300
$200
$100
$50

Bernard Lelchuk
Dave Trimble
Brad Sellick
Ranchhod Prajapati
Shmuel Gershon
Israel
USA
Canada
India
Israel
$400
$300
$200
$100
$50
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 		UK
Ukraine
India
India
Israel
USA
India
India
USA
India
Argentina
India
India
USA
India		 $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.