Content Power Ratings

Via TVBR.com Optimedia US has unveiled findings from Content Power Ratings 3.0, its third annual report that ranks network and cable programs across TV, web and mobile platforms. A proprietary media metrics system, Content Power Ratings goes beyond traditional audience ratings to measure a show’s true commercial value and footprint. It factors in total cross-platform audience size, advocacy and involvement—providing the industry’s only TV ranking system across three screens. New to the study this year are two additional streams: Facebook fan count and Nielsen BuzzMetrics, both of which quantify unique aspects of digital activity: the number of “friends” TV shows have on Facebook, and the sentiment of conversations on blogs and chatrooms related to those shows. How Optimedia US creates its Content Power Rankings: Using data culled from the agency’s own primary research, as well as from Nielsen Media Research’s NTI database, Nielsen Online Video Census, Nielsen Mobile, comScore’s Media Metrix, Facebook, Nielsen’s BuzzMetrics, E-Poll’s FastTrack™ Television, Google Trends, and Dow Jones Factiva, Optimedia’s Content Power Ratings value programs using three key criteria: 1. Audience Delivery – including average audience impressions across TV, Web and Mobile platforms 2. Involvement – overall awareness of and loyalty to program; including index of Google search volume and effort made to watch the show 3. Advocacy – overall levels of conversation and PR activity– including press mentions, recommendations and general “buzz,” in addition to personal recommendations Content Power Rankings If only the shows with high content power rankings could further capitalize on the equity their products hold beyond their primary television distribution channel.

862e26a200kings1.png 138x150 Content Power Ratings

Read the original:
Content Power Ratings

Top Ten Search Providers March 2010

From the Nielsen Company: Top Ten Search Providers March 2010 Searches represent the total number of queries conducted at the provider. Example: An estimated 6.4 billion search queries were conducted at Google Search, representing 65.7 percent of all search queries conducted during the given time period. Note: MegaView Search data – including total searches, unique searchers, search share, and all other search figures – cannot be trended with search results prior to October 2009 due to recent methodology changes.

top ten search providers march 2010 Top Ten Search Providers March 2010

More here:
Top Ten Search Providers March 2010

Just 12 Hours A Day?

From eMarketer: US ad spending was down in 2009 as marketers and consumers alike tightened their belts during the recession. And while Americans looked to save money and trim expenses, they also began to spend less time with media, causing a worse drop in ad spending, according to the Yankee Group. Online was the largest segment of media time in 2009, followed by TV and video, music and radio, and mobile phone usage. Average Time Spent With Media Overall, US consumers spent less than 12 hours a day with media on average. That was down from nearly 14 hours daily in 2008, a 17% decrease. Yankee Group speculated in its report that the recession may have left Americans too stressed to enjoy as much media consumption as the previous year. Activities decreased almost across the board, with reading, music and radio, and TV and video dropping most dramatically. The only increase in time spent was with mobile phones. Talk time on mobile was up 12%, while average daily mobile Web use rose 36% to 11 minutes. Texting was also up, by 55%, to take up 27 minutes a day in 2009. Change In Time Spent Per Day With Media Yankee Group’s picture of media consumption differs from others, including Nielsen’s “Three Screen Report.” For Q4 2009, Nielsen reported TV time was up and significantly higher than Internet usage. Nielsen relies on automated data collection, while Yankee Group polled US consumers. In addition, Yankee Group includes both personal and work Internet usage in its media consumption study, while Nielsen excludes work time. “Yankee Group believes the transparency in our consumer attention model provides a more accurate picture of consumer demand for media, while automated systems are more tuned to determining media supply,” said the report. “As connected devices flourish and multiply in consumers’ lives, we further believe this attention-driven model will rise in importance as consumers struggle with an increasing tyranny of too much media.” The idea of the average American spending twelve hours a day consuming and using media makes me think a media diet book will soon find an audience and market.

average time spent with medai Just 12 Hours A Day?

See the rest here:
Just 12 Hours A Day?

Top Ten Product Categories By Ad Spend

From the Nielsen Company: PRODUCT CATEGORY AD SPENDING Spending by the top ten product categories was down 9.5% in 2009. The automotive industry was the top category with over $8 billion spent last year. Pharmaceutical, Quick Service Restaurants, and Department Stores were next on the list, with each category showing year-over-year gains. Top Ten Product Categories, by Ad Spend While the Automotive category will remain the top Ad spending category, I doubt it will ever return to 2008 spending levels.

7bbfba2c01spend.png 150x134 Top Ten Product Categories By Ad Spend

Excerpt from:
Top Ten Product Categories By Ad Spend