Response to press coverage On December 12th 2024, The Media Leader posted a story which draws attention to an issue in how Barb has been reporting audiences for BVOD services. Barb is committed to supporting advertisers and media agencies in their aim for a virtuous cycle of campaign optimisation across linear channels and VOD services. Our actions to adjust […] + Read more
Barb Briefing for Brands Barb Briefing for Brands: An event for advertisers & media agencies The latest Barb Briefing session explored how Barb data supports the wider industry to measure TV advertising effectiveness. A panel of advertisers and media agencies including Gayle Noah, Global Media Director at L’Oreal alongside Vicky Fox, Chief Planning Officer at OMG UK and Nicola […] + Read more
Q3 2024 SVOD Establishment Survey data Barb, the industry’s standard for understanding what people watch, has released data from its Establishment Survey showing that 20.1m UK homes (68.8%) had access to a subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service in Q3 2024. This is a slight increase from 20m UK homes (68.7%) in Q2. Barb has again shared an advertising tier estimate for Netflix, […] + Read more
Barb unveils Trustmark Barb, the industry’s standard for understanding what people watch, today unveiled its new Trustmark. This quality-assurance indicator is for use by Barb’s customers and other companies that are part of Barb’s Trusted Data Delivery Network. The Trusted Data Delivery Network includes all companies that work with Barb to deliver audience-measurement services that meet the needs […] + Read more
The Media Leader - Effective exposure Anyone who has spent time working at a trade association, trade marketing body or joint industry measurement organisation will have stories about the challenges of finding common ground among stakeholders. Recent coverage about whether Barb and Isba can work together on cross-media audience measurement is an instance of two such organisations looking for common ground […] + Read more
The Media Leader - CFlight’s evolution After joining Barb in February and announcing a significant update at the Connected TV World Summit mere weeks later, Luca Vannini, Head of Campaign Audiences, has written an article charting CFlight’s evolution (so far!) this year. Read Luca’s full article c/o The Media Leader UK here: + Read more