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Taking PPM out of the lab and into the field

Since 1992 Arbitron has been developing and testing a personal portable meter (PPM) system capable of detecting exposure to any audio medium both in-home and out-of-home. With this system an inaudible identification code is embedded into the audio...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/ARF Seminar 1999: Radio On The World Stage

Authors: Robert H. Patchen, Ronald S. Kolessar

Company: Nielsen

June 15, 1999

Employing individual diaries for radio measuring

This paper considers several issues: whether there is a drop in the total level of radio listening from day one to day seven during a one-week diary; whether the number of stations in a diary influences the total level radio listening; and finally...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/ARF Seminar 1999: Radio On The World Stage

Author: Kristian Arnaa

Company: KANTAR TNS Malaysia

June 15, 1999

CKR FM: The use of marketing research to reposition a radio station

This paper provides a case study of a radio station in Ireland which faced declining listenership and an associated loss of advertising revenue. The station had broadcast successfully from its launch in 1989 to 1996 but the Measure used yesterday...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/ARF Seminar 1999: Radio On The World Stage

Author: Declan Doyle

June 15, 1999

Evaluation of advertising efficiency and effectiveness (Spanish)

This report is a methodological proposal for creating a data fusion model whose product is an index called Ad-Foint which integrates brand advertising investment media management and the real response of the target markets. It is an indicator...

Catalogue: Latin America 1999: Marketing In Latin America In The 21st Century

Authors: Eduardo Albornoz Guillen, Andres Varas del Canto, Patricio Moyano Galdames

June 15, 1999

What is in it for me?

The willingness of potential respondents to participate in surveys is obviously a major concern for the market research industry not only in relation to individuals acting in a private capacity but equally in the business-to-business market where...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1998: The Power Of Knowledge

Author: Karen Riddell

September 1, 1998

Harmonisation of global television and radio audience measurements

Television is increasingly an international medium that transcends country boundaries. Similarly, for radio there is nowadays a keen interest in being able to compare audiences between markets. The requirement, therefore, for audience systems...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Handbook Of Market And Opinion Research

Authors: Peter Menneer, Gabe Samuels

September 1, 1998

Passive audience measurement

Since the early 1990s, MediaCheck and others have been talking about coding programs and commercials with inaudible identification codes and developing new systems for measuring TV and radio audiences through the use of portable, passive meters. How...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/ARF Seminar 1998: Electronic Media And Measurement Trends

Author: Lee Weinblatt

June 15, 1998

Getting those respondents involved!

Because of the large sample sizes, the variety of market conditions, and the variety of methods used by Arbitron in syndicated audience measurement in the United States, the authors have had a rich opportunity to conduct rigorous experimentation in...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/ARF Seminar 1998: Electronic Media And Measurement Trends

Authors: David Lapovsky, Robert H. Patchen

Company: Nielsen

June 15, 1998

A lesson for the European Monetary Union?

China, with 1.2 billion people and 300 million television households, is fast becoming one of the largest advertising markets in the world. In early 1996 China had approximately 107 different television ratings surveys and there was little hope of...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/ARF Seminar 1998: Electronic Media And Measurement Trends

Author: Justin Cahill

Company: KANTAR TNS Malaysia

June 15, 1998