UK Television Audience Measurement (21st September 2006)
Agenda Introduction to AGB Nielsen Media Research Our role within the BARB process Overview of UK TAM Market Growing Measurement Complexity Audience Measurement Production and Reporting
Who Are We? Joint venture between AGB Group and NMR Based in 27 countries worldwide Over 46.000 households installed worldwide Asia Pacific (18.400 h/h) Europe (22.300 h/h) Africa/Middle East (1.850 h/h) Latin America (3.650 h/h) TAM Specialists – our business is dedicated to TV audience measurement
AGB NMR in the UK … 100+ staff Head office, 60 Strand. Awarded BARB Contracts in 2000 Live from Jan 2002, extended to Dec 2009
BARB
The UK Panel 6,000 installed homes Over 14,000 individuals Over 6,000 guests 5,100 total reporting panel 6 different reception platforms Over 29,000 different devices within the panel
A Panellist’s Lifetime 1 7 6 5 4 3 2
Viewing by Platform in the UK BARB w/e 3rd Sept 2006 Analogue Terrestrial 37% Cable 1% Satellite 0% Analogue Terrestrial Cable Satellite Digital Terrestrial 16% Cable 13% Satellite 33% Digital Terrestrial Cable Satellite
The UK TAM Market TVM4 & UNITAM The UK Home TVSET 10,242 VCR DVDR DVD & RDVD Digital STB PVRs / SKY+ 6,706 2,700 3139 69 Game Camera 6,584 VCR DVDR SKY/SKY+ DCAB DTT NBD Over 29,000 Devices PVR
UNITAM benefits UNITAM UNIQUE FEATURE Possibility to measure DRC, Plasma, LCD, HDTV TSV devices (DVDR, PVR) TVM4 LIMITATION Limited number of devices connected SVHS Some combi devices
Installation All TV sets, platforms, VCRs and PVR/DVDR in the homes need to be monitored Duration dependant on number of sets and complexity 1 transmission unit per home connected to phone-line/GSM 1 base unit per set Each installation Line Tested for Quality Control
Daily Reporting Timetable 09:30 Overnights 09:35 PVF 10:00 Programmes 10:30 IBT-Live 11:30 IBT-Consolidated 11:40 Spots 11:45-12:45 Breaks
Ongoing Maintenance Quality Control monitoring New TVs/equipment Polling issues Rejected homes Communications Nil viewing Uncovered viewing New TVs/equipment Technical issues Re-education