the multi-channel, multi- platform challenge the active audience
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The multi-channel, multi-platform
challenge
The active audience
‘Estimating’ the TV audience
BARB is a non-profit making company funded by the BBC, ITV, C4, Five, BSkyB and the Institute of Practitioners in
Advertising (IPA)
The method BARB obtains viewing estimates for 300 itemised tv
channels received in the UK, reported overnight and after 8 days
BARB creates a panel of television owning households, selected to be fully representative of the viewing behaviour of all 27m television owning households in the UK and based on non-overlapping TV regions
Each panel household represents about 5,000 of the population, returning data from 11,000 individuals
The method Measures analogue, digital, cable,
terrestrial and satellite delivery Measures minute by minute viewing at
normal speed Captures time-shifted viewing from some
other devices if viewed either on the same day or within 7 days
Households are selected from a continuous Establishment Survey involving 53,000 interviews per year
The Establishment Survey Measures the characteristics of television
owning households Means of TV reception Social demographic Stage of life (young family, elderly etc)
Produces universes for panel control and a list of addresses
Ensures that changes in population are picked up and reflected in the panel makeup
The Lifestyle Insights Survey 2010 Analyses viewer behaviour in relation to
their interests and activities Survey includes responses to attitudinal
statements Eg: “I often buy things on impulse”
Asks about holidays, newspapers, shopping habits, car, mobile phones etc
So if an advertiser wishes to target a particular group, data is available to examine their viewing habits
The Panel
Completely new panel in operation from January 2010 Better ethnic profile Improved representation of multi platform
homes Better geographical balance between
metropolitan, urban and rural
How? Once a household agrees to take part, a small
black box is plugged into all the household televisions, and other equipment viewed through a television eg games consoles
Electronic data includes which channel is being watched, what programme, what time, and the type of person watching
How? Each individual in the household, and any guests,
register their presence when they’re in a room with the TV set switched on by clicking on a handset
When they leave the room, they click again
So you always press the button, huh?
So you’re really watching television, huh?
“There was a lot of sleeping, snoring, chatting, necking,
wandering in and out, scrapping over the remote
control”
Collett, P. And Lamb, R. (1986) ‘Watching people watching television: final report to the IBA,’ Oxford: University of Oxford, Department of Experimental Psychology
‘The Future into View’BARB, April 2006
BARB concerned it doesn’t measure all viewing on all platforms
Doesn’t accurately pick up time shifted, out-of-home viewing, viewing on mobiles, hand held screens or on PCs
http://www.barb.co.uk/content/futureIntoView
‘The Future into View’BARB, January 2009
BARB concerned that the data captured 94% of all viewing
By 2018 that could fall to 85% Because:
Of the growth in time shifted viewing Personal Video Recorders (PVR) eg Sky+ and Video on
Demand (VOD) The changes in viewing platform
People watch via a PC or laptop Technology advances make broadcast-to-mobile phone
more attractive
2010 BARB begins testing a new meter that will
measure television content viewed over a laptop or PC
A panel of 75 homes recruited to pilot the system from August 2010
Aims to extend reporting of a wider range of content via a wider range of devices, including games consoles
Television audiences…
Have fragmented and segmented People watch television on average for about 30
hours each week 8.28 hours a week is taken by BBC1 and BBC 2 ITV 4.53 hours a week C4 and C5 take 3.28 hours per week ‘Others’ take 12.44
Source: BARB Week ending Sunday Feb 6 2010
Source: BARB at http://www.barb.co.uk
Source: BARB at http://www.barb.co.uk
Source: BARB Bulletin March 2009
Source: BARB Bulletin March 2009
Time-shifted viewing
Time shifted viewing
Week ending February 6 2011
Coronation St (Mon 1930) – 10.1m (1) Eastenders (Mon) -9.75m (3) Dancing on Ice – 8.4m (8) Big Fat Gypsy Weddings – 7.49m(15) Countryfile – 6.71m (22) BBC News at Ten (Wed) – 5.16m (36)
Further Reading Kinsey, M. (2008) ‘Eyes, Ears and Clicks:
The Battle for an Audience’ in Chapman, J and Kinsey, M. (eds) Broadcast Journalism: A Critical Introduction
Starkey, G. (2004) ‘ Estimating Audiences: sampling in television and radio audience research,’ Cultural Trends, 13 (1): 3-25
Henry, G. (1990) Practical Sampling, New York: Sage
Essay – choose one of four
Broadcast audience measurement techniques are inadequate and/or inaccurate. Discuss in relation to EITHER television or radio.
Essay – choose one of four
‘Successful newspapers reinforce the prejudice of their readers.’ Discuss this in the context of two national titles, first analysing what you consider to be the prejudices/attitudes/editorial mindsets of each and then illustrating how this is demonstrated in specific items taken from each paper
Essay – choose one of four
Explain and evaluate ways in which digital technology is changing the way audiences ‘consume’ radio and televisionnews. Make particular reference to trends in national and global availability of programmes
Essay – choose one of four
Discuss the measurement of sale and audience of newspapers or magazines using published data and explaining how figures can vary depending on what is measured. Include the difference between ‘circulation’ and ‘readership’ and the importance of demographic data to publishers. Give specific examples
Next week Wednesday March 2
Peter Genower on Magazines
11-1pm Lecture Theatre 1 St Georges
Note – it’s two hours instead of one!