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Media research at a TV station

The paper makes the case that many TV stations underuse the opportunities offered by media research. We distinguish research for learning (program department, general management) and research for teaching (sales department). Preferably, both are...

Catalogue: Seminar 1998: Towards Total Communications Strategies

Author: Thomas Neumann

October 20, 1998

Some differences in planning are unavoidable

There is a best planning method for each advertiser across countries, but it must be applied intelligently, adjusting it to the genuine differences between countries. Differences in planning between countries, agencies or companies are mostly...

Catalogue: Seminar 1996: Managing Media Data For Market Profit

Author: Thomas Neumann

November 11, 1996

TV audience measurement

The paper discusses the needs of the advertisers from media research in the dramatically changed TV environment many expect to happen already in the next few years. The key change of the TV medium will be fragmentation caused by a multi-channel...

Catalogue: ESORMAR/ARF Worldwide Electronic And Broadcast Audience Research 1994

Author: Thomas Neumann

May 1, 1994

Who is watching?

The world of TV is changing everywhere, majorly influenced by the advent of satelltites. This change increases competition between TV stations and as such has a major impact on TV audience measurement. Because of the increasing number of stations,...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/MERF/IAA Conference 1994: Challenges And Opportunities For Research In The Middle East

Author: Thomas Neumann

January 1, 1994

The needs of the advertisers from media research

The media situation all over the world has been changing over the last few years. Change is especially dramatic in Central and Eastern Europe. One of the new developments is the need for media research in order to provide a basis for negotiations...

Catalogue: Seminar 1993: Marketing Integration Of West And East Europe

Author: Thomas Neumann

Company: Procter & Gamble

June 15, 1993

More media, more data, more confusion?

In the 90’s, the tendency to more media choice will continue. The paper develops the challenges for media research in the 1990s. A key development will be the move to European data, i.e. audience data fully comparable between European countries....

Catalogue: Seminar 1992: Media Research Meets The Future

Author: Thomas Neumann

Company: Procter & Gamble

June 15, 1992

What advertisers expect from TV audience research and what they actually get

There still appears to be a lack of feedback from the users of TV audience data to the providers of such data. This talk should help to further reduce that gap, in line with efforts of the WFA with EBU. There have been major changes in the needs over...

Catalogue: Seminar 1991: The Expansion of Broadcast Media

Author: Thomas Neumann

Company: Procter & Gamble

June 15, 1991

European reading of TV audiences

Data on TV audiences are required by TV stations, advertisers, and the public. The advent of trans-frontier multi-country TV stations in the past few years had illustrated this on a European basis. The answer to this need was PETAR (Pan-European...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1989

Author: Thomas Neumann

Company: Procter & Gamble

September 1, 1989