Measuring change: How TV audience measurement might develop in a fragmented and interactive future

In the future, people-meters may not suffice for TV audience measurement. They were originally devised to satisfy the specific requirements of the TV advertising market in western Europe in the mid-1980s.

Measuring change

How TV audience measurement might develop in a fragmentary and interactive future

Jane Perry

In the future, peoplemeters may not suffice for TV audience measurement. They were originally devised to satisfy the specific requirements of the TV advertising market in western Europe in the mid-1980s. But, that market is now changing. The traditional pattern of TV buying is falling apart due to the spread of satellite and fragmentation of viewing. The research needs of niche satellite channels are quite different from those of the generalist terrestrial channels, and to prove their value the satellite channels need to demonstrate...

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