Abstract:

Audiences no longer consume TV unilaterally. While current technology captures the audiences watching TV, it does not take into account their actual behaviour whilst consuming it. This paper attempts to answer the various multitasking/activities that audiences from metro cities are involved in while consuming TV content. What does divided and undivided attention on TV mean in the context of product and brand recall? TV consumption with multitasking/divided attention can be further probed to understand whether the time is right for audience measurement agencies to enter into behaviour based measurement (real audience) in addition to the current head count based measurement.