diff --git a/Sources/Analytics/ApplicationState.swift b/Sources/Analytics/ApplicationState.swift
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..93250642c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/Analytics/ApplicationState.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+//
+//  Copyright (c) SRG SSR. All rights reserved.
+//
+//  License information is available from the LICENSE file.
+//
+
+import Foundation
+
+enum ApplicationState {
+    case foreground
+    case background
+}
diff --git a/Sources/Analytics/ComScore/ComScoreService.swift b/Sources/Analytics/ComScore/ComScoreService.swift
index e2aaa6e3f..ce92ddb81 100644
--- a/Sources/Analytics/ComScore/ComScoreService.swift
+++ b/Sources/Analytics/ComScore/ComScoreService.swift
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ struct ComScoreService {
             comScoreConfiguration.addClient(with: publisherConfiguration)
 
             comScoreConfiguration.applicationVersion = applicationVersion
-            comScoreConfiguration.usagePropertiesAutoUpdateMode = .foregroundAndBackground
             comScoreConfiguration.preventAdSupportUsage = true
             comScoreConfiguration.addPersistentLabels([
                 "mp_brand": configuration.vendor.rawValue,
diff --git a/Sources/Analytics/ComScore/ComScoreTracker.swift b/Sources/Analytics/ComScore/ComScoreTracker.swift
index abd22faef..00179bf2f 100644
--- a/Sources/Analytics/ComScore/ComScoreTracker.swift
+++ b/Sources/Analytics/ComScore/ComScoreTracker.swift
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import ComScore
 import CoreMedia
 import Foundation
 import Player
+import UIKit
 
 /// A comScore tracker for streaming.
 ///
@@ -34,12 +35,17 @@ public final class ComScoreTracker: PlayerItemTracker {
         }
         .store(in: &cancellables)
 
-        Publishers.CombineLatest3(player.$playbackState, player.$isSeeking, player.$isBuffering)
-            .weakCapture(player)
-            .sink { [weak self] state, player in
-                self?.notify(playbackState: state.0, isSeeking: state.1, isBuffering: state.2, player: player)
-            }
-            .store(in: &cancellables)
+        Publishers.CombineLatest4(
+            UIApplication.shared.applicationStatePublisher(),
+            player.$playbackState,
+            player.$isSeeking,
+            player.$isBuffering
+        )
+        .weakCapture(player)
+        .sink { [weak self] state, player in
+            self?.notify(applicationState: state.0, playbackState: state.1, isSeeking: state.2, isBuffering: state.3, player: player)
+        }
+        .store(in: &cancellables)
 
         player.objectWillChange
             .receive(on: DispatchQueue.main)
@@ -59,12 +65,18 @@ public final class ComScoreTracker: PlayerItemTracker {
         streamingAnalytics = SCORStreamingAnalytics()
     }
 
-    private func notify(playbackState: PlaybackState, isSeeking: Bool, isBuffering: Bool, player: Player) {
+    // swiftlint:disable:next cyclomatic_complexity
+    private func notify(applicationState: ApplicationState, playbackState: PlaybackState, isSeeking: Bool, isBuffering: Bool, player: Player) {
         guard !metadata.labels.isEmpty else { return }
 
         AnalyticsListener.capture(streamingAnalytics.configuration())
         streamingAnalytics.setProperties(for: player, streamType: metadata.streamType)
 
+        guard applicationState == .foreground else {
+            streamingAnalytics.notifyEvent(for: .paused, at: player.effectivePlaybackSpeed)
+            return
+        }
+
         switch (isSeeking, isBuffering) {
         case (true, true):
             streamingAnalytics.notifySeekStart()
diff --git a/Sources/Analytics/UIApplication.swift b/Sources/Analytics/UIApplication.swift
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a02de002
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/Analytics/UIApplication.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+//
+//  Copyright (c) SRG SSR. All rights reserved.
+//
+//  License information is available from the LICENSE file.
+//
+
+import Combine
+import Core
+import UIKit
+
+extension UIApplication {
+    func applicationStatePublisher() -> AnyPublisher<ApplicationState, Never> {
+        Publishers.Merge(
+            NotificationCenter.default.weakPublisher(for: UIApplication.didEnterBackgroundNotification, object: self)
+                .map { _ in .background },
+            NotificationCenter.default.weakPublisher(for: UIApplication.didBecomeActiveNotification, object: self)
+                .map { _ in .foreground }
+        )
+        .prepend(applicationState == .background ? .background : .foreground)
+        .removeDuplicates()
+        .eraseToAnyPublisher()
+    }
+}