F.Y.I.

OzTam extends contract with Nielsen, PCs to be metered

OzTam has extended its contract with insights company Nielsen for the supply of television audience measurement. The contract will also see 10% of OzTam’s 3,500 panel homes have their PCs metered for viewing of broadcast TV content.The announcement:

OzTAM today announced the extension of its contract with global information and insights company Nielsen for the supply of television audience measurement (TAM) services in the five Australian metropolitan markets.

The new agreement takes effect on 1 January, 2015 and continues through 2017.

OzTAM CEO Doug Peiffer said: “This new agreement leverages OzTAM’s substantial investments including the introduction of its Time Shift Viewing service, upgrading all panel homes to the state-of-the-art UNITAM metering system and decisions this year to increase the size of the OzTAM panels.

“This contract extension also provides continuity as Nielsen and OzTAM work together to enhance the service to include the measurement of viewing on other screens.

“We are also pleased to announce that over the course of 2012 the OzTAM panel size will increase from 3,035 homes to 3,500 homes, ensuring OzTAM’s continued world’s-best positioning compared to any TAM panel in any market.”

By market, this will take the number of panel homes to 950 in Sydney; 900 in Melbourne; 650 in Brisbane; 500 in Adelaide; 500 in Perth.

In addition, 10 per cent of OzTAM’s 3,500 panel homes will have both their TV sets and their PCs metered for viewing of broadcast TV content.

“We are currently working with Nielsen to develop the options for reporting viewing across multiple screens and to provide initial top line insights to the marketplace later this year,” Mr Peiffer added.

David Ellem, CEO of Nielsen’s Television Audience Measurement business in Australia, said: “Television viewing habits are evolving as new technologies create additional opportunities to view and we look forward to working with OzTAM to help Australian media owners, agencies and advertisers understand and leverage these developments in the coming years.”

Source: OzTam

ADVERTISEMENT

Get the latest media and marketing industry news (and views) direct to your inbox.

Sign up to the free Mumbrella newsletter now.

 

SUBSCRIBE

Sign up to our free daily update to get the latest in media and marketing.