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EPG Prominence and Channel Performance – It Still Matters
In the late noughties, I was at a conference where one of the delegates noted how EPGs (electronic programme guides) with their ordered lists of channels and schedule information were so archaic that they might as well be considered ‘Victorian’, … Continue reading →
Posted in 4Seven, Amazon, BARB, Channel List, Death of Television, DTT, EPG, EPG Prominence, EPG Reshuffle, EPG Viewing Impact, Forecasting, Freeview, Internet TV, Linear TV, Live TV, Netflix, Ofcom, PVR, Sky, SVOD, Tablets, Television, The Grand Tour, Total TV, TV in 2020, Virgin Media, VOD, YouTube
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Expectations versus Reality: TV Viewing by Age Group
Over the last decade in particular, our industry has been plagued by poor predictions resulting from an overestimation of the disruptive viewing impact of technological change. To counter this, it has been suggested that any new forecast should be accompanied … Continue reading →
Posted in 2020 Forecast, Age Groups, BARB, Catch-Up TV, Children, Death of Television, Digital Switchover, DVR, Employment Rate, Forecasting, Future TV, HD, High Definition, Internet TV, Live TV, Millennials, Project Dovetail, PVR, Smart Phones, Smart TV, Tablets, Television, Timeshifted TV, Timeshifting, Total TV, Total TV audience, Total TV Viewing, TV, TV in 2020, Viewing, VOD, Weather
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Total TV Viewing Trends (2010 – 2013)
Annual BARB measured television viewing levels in the UK have fallen significantly for the first time since the advent of the new BARB panel in January 2010. Having fluctuated at just over 240 minutes a day during the three year … Continue reading →
Posted in Ad-Skipping, Advertising Revenue, Adverts, BARB, Catch-Up TV, Death of Television, fast-forward, ITV, Live TV, PVR, Sky, Sky Platform, Sky Plus, Tablets, Television, Timeshifted TV, Timeshifting, Total TV, TV, Viewing, VOD
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Ad-Skipping Drama: House versus Downton
In my last research note I compared the levels of live versus timeshifted viewing for medical drama House, going out on Sky1, and period drama Downton Abbey, going out on ITV1 (now of course rebranded to just ITV). With a … Continue reading →
Posted in Ad-Skipping, Advertising Revenue, Adverts, AutoHop, BARB, Dish Network, Downton Abbey, Drama, DVR, fast-forward, Fox, Future TV, Hopper DVR, House, ITV, Live TV, Ofcom, PVR, Sky, Social Media, Television, Timeshifted TV, Timeshifting, TV, TV Scheduling, Viewing
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Predicting Future TV Viewing Patterns
The rapid evolution and proliferation of screen and internet based technologies has left many in the television industry feeling under siege. I have lost count of the number of media executives who tell me that they hardly ever watch live … Continue reading →
Posted in Ad-Skipping, Advertising Revenue, DVR, Freeview Plus, Future TV, Internet TV, ITV, Live TV, PVR, Sky Plus, Smart Phones, Smart TV, Social Media, Tablets, Television, Timeshifted TV, Timeshifting, TV, Twitter, Viewing, VOD
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