Bob Lederer RBDR

Free TiVo TV ratings. Alphabet rolls retail search tool. 2 Twitter MR tools. (RBDR 10.27.2015)

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Today on RBDR:

1) TiVo Research announces it will make its basic TV ratings research FREE beginning in January. RBDR explains why.

2) Google’s parent company Alphabet kicks off a new retail search tool enabling transitioning of advertising and merchandising based on product purchases.

3) Brands advertising on Twitter get a new segmentation, insight, measurement and targeting tool, AND Twitter launches a polling capability for every user.

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GM recovering w/consumers? TiVo: impressive timeshifted viewing (RBDR–4/28/2014)

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Today on RBDR: 1) YouGov claims that General Motors has turned the corner in getting past continuing consumer concerns with its “Switchgate” controversy, but social media consultant Candida McCollam reaches an opposite conclusion from her examination of social media. 2) TiVo Research’s examination of viewing of the top network television programs four to seven days after their live presentation shows additional viewing that adds up to $88 million in uncompensated watching. 3) The proposed Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger has a media data component that has not been publicly considered, but media research guru BillHarvey shares it with RBDR.