Media Consumption
BARB launches consultation on reporting on ‘television-like’ content on video sharing platforms
The aim of the consultation is to establish an industry-wide consensus on what is meant by television-like content, said BARB
audience measurement
Media Consumption
iPlayer smashes Wimbledon viewing records
This year's men's final between Nick Krygios and Novak Djokovic was streamed live 2.6 million times on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport online
Media Consumption
Formula 1 reached 1.55 billion viewers in 2021
Season finale in Abu Dhabi drew 108.7 million viewers, up 29 per cent compared to the same race in 2020
Media Delivery
Euro 2020, Love Island drive ITV Hub to ‘biggest year yet’
Video on demand service has achieved 1.5 billion streams so far during 2021, up 26 per cent year on year
Media Consumption
BARB prepares for “defining moment” in ratings reporting
From Monday, BARB will begin reporting viewing figures for SVoD and video-sharing platforms into its daily reporting to the television and advertising industry
Media Consumption
Euro 2020 reaches cumulative global audience of 5.2 billion
On average, matches during the tournament reached audiences of more than 100 million fans
Media Consumption
BARB adds smartphones to four-screen viewing data
"Collecting smartphone data from our panel means that we can now report on people rather than devices," said BARB.
Media Consumption
England v Scotland scores for ITV
Friday's match reached an audience of 18.4 million viewers - much more than the corresponding game at Euro 96 when there were 250 fewer...
Media Consumption
BARB to significantly increase audience reporting sample
Organisation's audience panel is set to undergo its biggest expansion in 40 years
Media Consumption
Extreme E races off with 18.7 million global audience for inaugural X Prix
New motorsport series proved to be a hit with viewers around the world
Media Consumption
Comscore expands Predictive Audiences ad targeting to UK, Germany
According to Comscore, it is the first time such technology has been launched in Europe
Media Consumption
Can we really rely on TV ratings?
Media Asset Capital's Jeremy Bancroft explains why the current model of measuring TV audiences is all wrong
Media Consumption
UKTV Play reports 27 per cent viewer increase during lockdown
Network seeing big gains in viewers aged 16-34
TVBEverywhere
Nielsen to begin measuring esports viewership
Nielsen will begin measuring viewership of esports events, offering deeper insights into the audience
TVBEverywhere
Roku, Innovid partner on new TV measurement tool
Aims to quantify reach and frequency across linear and OTT inventory
TVBEverywhere
Simplestream integrates Project Dovetail across delivery platforms
Enables broadcasters and operators to more accurately measure reach across multiple devices
TVBEverywhere
OTT subscribers are heading back to the living room
Number of hours viewers watch video on a TV has risen for the first time since 2014
Content
BARB begins measuring multiple-screen viewing
Will begin producing daily audience figures for those watching on TV sets, tablets, PCs and smartphones
TVBEverywhere
TV Time launches global audience analytics platform
TVLytics viewing measurement solution works across all over-the-top (OTT) platforms
Content
TAPE Consultancy launches content evaluation service
App.Dex assesses audience potential of scripted projects
Business
BARB to begin reporting number of viewers across multiple screens
Organisation will report on figures across four screens from September
Business
New consortium looks at developments in measurement and data
Sky Media, Adobe, TVbeat, Alphonso join forces
Business
FreeWheel Council for Premium Video Europe launches Measurement Matrix
Provides an overview of audience and verification metrics for the premium video industry
Analysis
Audience fragmentation and TV’s role
TVSquared's Daniel Gulick looks at IP tracking, optimisation and price points
TVBEverywhere
Two-thirds of millennials’ video consumption ‘not being measured’
Research by Omnicom Media Group agency, Hearts & Science
Production & Post
TVbeat debuts live census-based TV analytics
TVbeat, the cross platform real time TV audience measurement platform, has released its Live TV audience measurement module in Slovenia and Croatia
News
Business
GfK wins Morocco tender for electronic TV audience measurement
GfK has won a tender with Morocco’s joint industry committee, CIAUMED, to deliver an electronic TV audience measurement (TAM) service in Morocco.