alternative tv measurement

This year, NBCUniversal hosted its competitors on stage at One23, the broadcaster’s annual developer conference. Why? One word: measurement.

TV industry executives discussed next steps for measurement and alternate currencies at CES in Las Vegas. Expect a heightened focus on ACR, calibration panels and advanced audiences.

To help solve TV measurement, NBCUniversal launched a “Currency Council,” a list of marketers who have committed to using alternate measurement currencies for at least a portion of their ad spend with NBCU. The program currently has about a dozen buy-side partners, including State Farm, Wayfair and T-Mobile.

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This year is ripe for test-and-learns with alt TV measurement currencies, but the trend is still in its early days. Omnichannel TV measurement methodology is making waves, but standardizing a currency for media transactions in an ever-so-fragmented ecosystem is quite another story.

You’d be forgiven for thinking of the Video Advertising Bureau as a professional thorn in Nielsen’s side. The TV ad industry trade org is largely responsible for the chain of events that led to Nielsen losing its MRC accreditations last year. But “this isn’t personal,” says VAB CEO Sean Cunningham on this week’s episode. “I don’t know that anyone’s rooting harder than we are for [Nielsen] to get it right.”

On Thursday, Comcast announced it’s licensing its first-party data to VideoAmp. New types of inventory have become more widely available, but measurement hasn’t kept up, said Claudio Marcus, VP of strategy at Comcast Advertising. But the goal is still all about optionality. In order to foster innovation, competition and choice, Comcast will be taking on other partners.