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Alex North, head of commercial operations UK, AGB Nielsen Media Research, examines the state of the TV industry ahead of MediaTel Group’s ‘Future of Television’ seminar, looking at the myriad of issues that may arise during the debate…Next week sees a defining moment for the UK television market. On October 17 Whitehaven in Cumbria will… Continue reading An Interesting Time For Television

IAB marketing manager, Amy Kean, examines the company’s latest engagement study, and discusses whether marketers are investing enough in their online campaigns…As the online industry grows, it’s inevitable that the way we measure campaigns should also mature. The age-old tried and tested methods may no longer apply, and at the IAB every day we’re further… Continue reading Helping FMCG Advertisers Find Out What Engagement Really Means

Stuart McDonald, head of advertising insight at News International, dissects last week’s NRS release for the free London papers, explaining why NI is not totally happy with their ‘second place’ result and why the company believes the NRS must change…Last week the NRS released the first readership figures for the free evening newspapers in London,… Continue reading NRS – In Second Place But Still Dabbling In Performance Enhancers

James Myring, associate director at Continental Research, casts his eye over the burgeoning IPTV market, breaking down customer satisfaction levels to reveal a generally positive picture for the future of the format…With the launch of services such as BT Vision the internet offers an alternative platform for watching TV. Industry after industry has been transformed… Continue reading Internet and Mobile TV – How Are They Doing?

James Mallinson, publisher of digital men’s mag Monkey at Dennis Publishing, looks at the success of the title and addresses three key questions about why digital magazines work.Last week’s circulation result for Monkey proved once and for all that, after 23 years, the digital magazine has come of age. In a world where most magazine… Continue reading Why Digital Magazines Work

Alex Burmaster, European internet analyst at Nielsen//NetRatings, explains the theory and practice behind the company’s promotion of total time as the key user engagement metric for online…Many of you will be aware that Nielsen//NetRatings recently announced that we are actively promoting total time as the key user engagement metric, alongside more traditional measures such as… Continue reading What Moving From Page Views To Time Is All About

Alex North, head of commercial operations UK, AGB Nielsen Media Research, examines how personal measurement meters will become key to understanding media consumption as traditional channels morph beyond recognition…What we want, when we want and how we want it. It’s a pretty accurate description of how the TV market has evolved in recent years, and… Continue reading Audience Measurement In The Evolving TV Landscape

Insight manager for marketing at Emap Advertising, Richard Fero, examines the company’s E-ceptivity study, looking at how the different reasons consumers go online impact on online behaviour and receptivity to advertising…Whilst advertisers are increasingly taking advantage of the online medium for branding campaigns, how much do we really understand about how consumers interact with websites,… Continue reading Some Clicks Are More Equal Than Others

Maureen Duffy, CEO of the Newspaper Marketing Agency, explains the group’s £22 million effectiveness research programme, which looks at the true engagement and brand building value of national newspapers…At MediaTel Group’s recent ‘Future of National Newspapers’ seminar, a press buyer attendee put it to the panel that what national newspapers really needed to overturn negative… Continue reading The Value Of Newspapers

These days, it seems as if all anyone ever does is poke each other on Facebook. With that in mind, David Evans, director at Continental Research, decided to take a look at the world of social networking and what it might mean for advertisers and brands…Earlier this week I heard a good example of how… Continue reading The Impact Of Social Networking On Brands