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Introduction
One of the most interesting aspects of working in media measurement is the constant focus on solving seemingly impossible challenges. We must innovate, rethink, reinvent, revolutionize and reset. Everyone who works in the sector knows that the speed of change is incredible and keeping up is definitely part of the fun!
In this newsletter, you can read about some of our latest innovations. I’m proud that we’re sharing our hybrid approach to Radio Audience Measurement, currently live in Australia, both here and also at the asi conference in Nice next month. Meanwhile in APAC, we’re trialling a ground-breaking multi-platform audience and content measurement system that tracks what’s trending. This project is truly inspirational, developed on Singapore’s Open Innovation Platform. We expect to bring this pioneering technology to more markets in the near future.
Collaboration and co-creation is vital to the success of any innovation project. Whether that’s with industry stakeholders, as illustrated by the launch of Belgium’s first strategic planning tool for video, or with our clients who joined us at our global workshops last quarter, or at events like the upcoming asi conference. We value working this way. It is fundamental to delivering the innovations that are so crucial to staying one step ahead in measuring and understanding the emerging global media landscape.
Do get in touch with your media measurement challenges and requirements.
We look forward to hearing from you and hope to see some of you at asi.

Revolutionizing radio measurement the hybrid way

We’re on a mission to modernize Radio Audience Measurement (RAM). To do it, we’re going hybrid: combining various audio measurement datasets into one listening currency to offer greater quality and coverage.
GfK’s hybrid RAM product in Australia — Radio360 — has delivered enhanced data to the market, providing more insights into growing digital radio audiences. Our pioneering approach is helping radio stations open up additional revenue streams and advertisers make more informed buying decisions.
This project sees GfK’s media measurement team at the convergence of technology and market readiness. Integrating the different data sources is key to ensuring that the online audience is profiled and that listening isn’t counted twice.

What’s trending in Singapore?

We are trialing an integrated measurement system to understand media consumption patterns in Singapore. The multi-platform audience and content measurement system captures insights on viewing preferences and behaviors across traditional TV, Video On Demand, Subscription Video On Demand/Over The Top content and social media platforms. To show what’s trending, it seamlessly gathers simultaneous responses across multiple viewing channels.
Industry stakeholders such as media owners, content creators, broadcasters and distributors can use it to better target tailored content and improve business decision-making.
This project is a response to a challenge that Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) shared on the Open Innovation Platform. GfK anticipates the learnings from this project will be transferable to other markets. Find out more about the technologies being used in this leading-edge initiative.

SENSIC: Digital Audience Measurement made simple

When you want to measure your advertising campaigns, audio and video, and web content, you need to monitor web traffic. We do that using our census tracking system. SENSIC delves into the detail to go beyond understanding what content was consumed to uncover the how and the whom.
We offer extensive device coverage — including some that are often restricted — to capture the entire online universe. Further, we deliver detailed audience insights by combining our site- and user-centric data.
Our certified vendors and tech partners include Campaign Manager, AMP, MaxMind, aws, iab and Google Ads. What’s more, the integration has been designed to be simple and easy to use. Find out why so many of our clients use SENSIC.

Join us in Nice at the asi conferences 2nd to 4th November

GfK is proud to co-sponsor the asi International Radio & Audio Conference. This event is dedicated to Hybrid Audio and we’re presenting:
Wednesday, Nov 2
Radio360: from evolution to reality – bringing the vision to life
Deb Hishon, Media Measurement Director, GfK ANZ
We are also on stage in the International Television & Video Conference section:
Wednesday, Nov 2
The future of TV advertising in the living rooms of today
Co-presenters Simon Koepp, Senior Director Business Development, DACH, TheTradeDesk & Björn Sprung, Client Business Partner, Global Integrated Solutions, GfK
We’ll be presenting on day two as well!
Thursday, Nov 3
What the buy side and sell side want from measurement
Dominique Vancraeynest, Global Director of Business Development, GfK

Collaboration unlocks success

Collaborating with our clients is key to helping us develop and innovate successful marketing effectiveness measurement tools. So it was great for our experts to meet up for two days of workshops and discussion at the GfK Orange Campus in Nuremberg.
Some of our clients joined us to share their latest thoughts on how market disruption had accelerated digital transformation in their organizations.
Among the many take-outs, we learned from advertisers, agencies and global advertising platforms that:
- Data is the fuel for digital transformation
- Measurement and testing are key, ideally via single source panels like GfK Crossmedia Link
- Agility and adaptability are key to success
- It’s the humanization of data that creates compelling personas
- How to operate in a cookieless world
- The power of Retail Media
To find out what this means for you and your organization please contact:
Stefan Heremans
Dr. Roland Abold
Bjoern Sprung

Belgium’s first strategic planning tool for video

The Belgian JIC (CIM) has just launched ToVA, the Total Video Advertising planner. Suzan Hoogland from GfK worked closely with the CIM to integrate TV and online video into a single tool for advertising campaign planning. Sofie Rutgeerts, TV & Digital Research Manager at CIM, tells us more about this first for the Belgian market (article in MM magazine - French).
