Mixed-Media Planning for the 21st Century

This paper introduces a new media planning tool entitled Mercury which uses data fusion and enables the user to analyse schedules across media.

Media Planning

Mixed-Media Planning for the 21st Century

Michelle Crellin, BMRB andMatthew Dodd, News International

Research that can provide mixed-media reach and frequency has been a long time in the making. A combination of cost, politics and methodology debates has meant that this glaring gap in media research has been difficult to fill.

That has now changed with the launch of an innovative planning tool, Mercury. Mercury uses data fusion to bring together media currencies, enabling users to analyse schedules across media. Phase one, released in Spring 2002, includes TV...

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