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The Portable People MeterThe Portable People MeterGetting Ready for Prime TimeGetting Ready for Prime Time
Results from the U.K. Field Test Status of the U.S. Test Market
The TVB Research Conference
October 25, 2000
Bob Patchen
VP, Research Standards & Practices
The Arbitron Company
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Agenda
Background
- Why a Portable People Meter?- Research Design for the U.K. Test
Results from the U.K. PPM Test
- Panel Cooperation and Compliance- Media Exposure Data
The U.S. Test Panel
- Current Status- Analysis and Reporting Plans
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How will we survive the coming explosion in media choices?
The complex multimedia landscape of the 21st century promises new opportunities, and new challenges, for advertisers, agencies and broadcasters.
Audience researchers must provide viable new solutions for tracking and understanding consumers’ multimedia behaviors, or risk becoming irrelevant.
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One promising solution:The Portable People Meter (PPM)
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Why a Portable People Meter?
Simple and appealing for consumers Single-source multimedia measurement Bigger samples Passive detection of exposure Each source uniquely identified All modes of electronic delivery In-home and out-of-home exposure
Measures the person, not the appliance . . .
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The Large-Scale U.K.Test
Follow-up to successful 1998 pilot July, 1999 through April, 2000 Purpose:
- Extended test of system
technology
- Extended test of panelist
compliance
- First look at audience data
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Test Design
Manchester, England 300 persons age 6 and older Broadcast signals encoded:
- AM, FM, & Long Wave radio
- National and Local Broadcasting
- Terrestrial TV
- Satellite & Cable
- Analog & Digital
- Internet Radio
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Participating Broadcasters
RadioRadio• Key 103• Century 105• Magic 1152• Galaxy 102• Classic FM• Jazz FM 100.4• Atlantic 252• Talk Radio UK• BBC GMR• Radio City 96.7• Virgin (Internet also)
TelevisionTelevision• BBC 1• BBC 2• Granada (ITV)• Channel 4• Channel 5• B-Sky-B (Sky One)• Carlton (Food Network)
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Technology Findings
Encoders
- Widely accepted by broadcasters
- Over 200,000 hours of reliable operation
- Manufacturing defect found & resolved
Household Components
- Easy, quick installation
- Reliable docking & motion detection
- Successful data communication
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Panel Cooperation and Panel Cooperation and ComplianceCompliance
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Sampling & Recruitment
Random telephone enumeration survey “Recruits” sampled from stratified frame Mail and telephone recruitment Recruitment cooperation rate = 44% In-person installation by interviewers 300 persons age 6+ in 140 households
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Installed panel in-line with universe
The installed panel percents were close to the universe on all 7 control variables:
Household size Presence of children Age of head-of-household Employment status of head-of-household Number of TV sets Cable/satellite status Social class
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Three Simple Rules
Keep your meter with you
Keep the green light on
Recharge your meter at bedtime
Note: PPM worksto detect codeseven when docked
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Undocking and docking times
7:397:39AMAM
11:0611:06PMPM
UndockUndock
DockDock
WeekdayWeekday WeekendWeekend
9:099:09AMAM
11:2511:25PMPM
Median times, November, 1999
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Time out of the dock
14:52
Median
Hours
Meters
Were
Undocked Per Day
Meters were undocked nearly all day
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Time in motion
14:52
Median
Hours
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Meters were undocked nearly all day
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Meters were worn almost all the time
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Men and women complied equally well with the PPM tasks
14:59 14:4714:26 14:03
Men Women
Median Hrs Undocked Median Hrs Worn
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Compliance was generally good across all age groups
12:29
13:36
14:18
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15:37
10:49
12:34
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14:58
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6-15 16-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+
Median Hrs Undocked Median Hrs Worn
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Compliance was consistent across social class categories
15:02
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AB C1 C2 DE
Median Hrs Undocked Median Hrs Worn
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Detecting Media Exposure
All encoded stations detected by panel 1.5 million codes detected per week (total) 36,000 media events per week (total) About 120 events per person, per week Daily reports of listening and viewing
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Example: Male, age 51, 8A-Mid., Nov. 25 ‘99
A day in the life of a personal meter
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Example: Female, age 45, Nov. ‘99
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The power of multi-media ratings
Radio station campaign on local ITV 29 spots aired September 8-18, 1999 What % of total panelists were exposed to at
least one spot on ITV? What % of those exposed listened to the
radio station the next day? What % were exposed, listened the next
day, and were new or infrequent listeners?
In other words . . . did it work?
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What % of total panelists saw the radio station spot on TV?
Over half saw the radio spots
Total panelists
51%
Exposed to spot
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Exposed to spot
Of those who saw the spots, who listened the next day?
One in four listened
24%
Listened to radio station
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Listened to radio station next morning
What % were new or infrequent listeners?
Over a third who listened were new
New or infrequentlisteners
38%
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Television Viewing Comparisons
PPM vs. BARB set-top people meters Hourly AQH persons ratings (6AM-6AM) AQH defined at “average minute” level Encoded commercial channels only Total persons age 6+ November 1999 Weekdays, weekends
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Overall Conclusions from U.K. Test
The PPM technology worked well Panelists cooperated with the PPM tasks PPM ratings effects need further study Overall results are very encouraging and
support taking the next research step U.S. test is needed to confirm and expand
upon U.K. findings
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U.S. test market now underway
Philadelphia DMA 75 encoded Radio, TV, Cable channels Representative, projectable consumer panel Comprehensive systems and methods test
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Implementation in two stages
Stage One Wilmington Radio Metro (in Phil. DMA) 300 persons age 6 and older “Total market” ratings only Results early in 2001
Stage Two Expand panel to cover Philadelphia DMA Bigger sample, more detailed ratings Results early in 2002
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Stage One: Progress to Date
Media Participation All 38 invited radio stations All 8 local TV stations Top 25 cable services & networks
Fieldwork 1,400 Hh enumeration survey completed Meter installation to start later this year Encoder installation is already underway
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“On the air” as of October 12, 2000
32 radio stations 2 television stations 7 cable services and networks
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Initial reports planned for U.S. test
Technical quality measures Meters detecting encoded stations? Meters reporting properly each day? Appropriate editing & crediting rules?
Panel Quality Measures Sample representativeness Recruitment cooperation rates Meter undocking and docking times Hours worn per day
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Next stage: ratings comparisons
Prerequisite: satisfaction with panel quality and cooperation
Total market audience ratings Radio compared to Arbitron data TV, Cable compared to NMR data By demo and daypart AQH and cume persons ratings Time spent viewing & listening
Stay tuned!
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Thank you!