Entertainment evaluation

What actually constitutes branded entertainment is diverse and for this reason, as a discipline, it can seem very difficult to evaluate.

Entertainment evaluation

Ian WrightIpsos MediaCT

Ian Wright of Ipsos outlines a methodology for measuring branded entertainment that enacts an 'experimental design' in a controlled environment that mimics normal exposure to the content.

Measuring a branded entertainment campaign can be the market research equivalent of putting together IKEA furniture - simple in concept, surprisingly difficult in practice. And like that Aardvark wardrobe you've spent several hours trying to assemble; you can be left looking at lots of components without knowing how they relate to one another and unsure if the whole thing will actually fit together.

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