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SurveyMonkey’s coup w/NBC News. Meaning of Rentrak-Kantar deal. (RBDR 10.14.2014)

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Today on RBDR: 1) NBC News and SurveyMonkey begin a partnership that intends to improve online survey research based on proven polling methods and incorporation of evolving technologies. 2) Rentrak’s acquisition of Kantar Media’s U.S. business could fortify Rentrak’s position and capabilities in the domestic market but it is not seen as a threat to Nielsen’s TV data monopoly.

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Nielsen’s 7-month TV data glitches. Ethnography spawns “Authographies.” (RBDR 10.13.2014)

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Today on RBDR: 1) Nielsen’s television measurement admits seven months of viewing reporting data errors explained by a software glitch.

2) Ethnography has evolved into a new tool, authography, in which time lapse camera records thousands of pictures of a research participant during the course of a day. (http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/radius-global-uncovering-the-truth-with-autography/4011779.article)

3) A Big Data farming implementation is explained in a Reuters story.

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CBS releases Live plus 3, Gian Fulgoni explains online panel discrepancies (RBDR 10.10. 2014)

1) CBS’s decision to release “Live plus 3” and “Live plus 7” TV viewing data makes it the fourth major network to do so. Broadcasting & Cable Programming & Digital Media Editor Daniel Holloway points out that it is a significant slag on the timely work of TV reporters, however the bigger issue is what will be done to incorporate mobile, PC and other nontraditional viewing.

2) comScore Chairman Emeritus Gian Fulgoni explains discrepancies to RBDR concerning what can be reliably determined using online panels when it comes to digital.

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5 recommended social media ROI metrics. Mobile the 3rd most effective mkt tool (RBDR 10.8.2014)

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On today’s RBDR: 1) To measure social media ROI across channels, Simply Measured’s Uri Bar-Joseph recommends these metrics: 1) Audience size, 2) Mentions 3) Engagement 4) Impressions and 5) Reach. 2) A new mobile marketing study rates mobile as third most effective, behind email and social media.

 

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Watson Analytics could revolutionize. Scottish polling skittish (RBDR 9/18/2014)

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Today on RBDR:

1) IBM launched what it called its biggest analytics launch in a decade, Watson Analytics.
(http://www.pcworld.com/article/2684532/ibm-watson-analytics-preps-the-data-so-you-dont-have-to.html)
(http://www.pcworld.com/article/2684332/ibm-wants-to-replace-the-spreadsheet-with-watson-analytics.html)
(http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ibm-introduces-powerful-analytics-for-everyone-2014-09-16-12183310)
2) As Scottish voters went to the polls to vote on independence from England, pollsters are hoping to dodge a bullet as they face uncharacteristic uncertainty about their work. 3) McDonald’s is testing “build-your-own-burger” and paying special attention to data capture, providing consumers a tablet to order their burger, in the four test stores.