News February 2006 Posted on 24 February 2006, updated on 22 January 2016 by Jessica Bromley Barb Newsletter February 2006
Barb suspends Sky+ reporting Posted on 17 November 2005, updated on 22 January 2016 by Jessica Bromley Barb is suspending Sky+ reporting while data-generating quality control issues are investigated. Barb is experiencing an unusual level of quality control issues in Sky+ homes, representing a small number of Barb panel homes. This has, so far, led to many of the Sky+ homes being withheld from reporting. Barb’s reporting of PVR playback from Sky+ […]
Barb newsletter autumn 2005 Posted on 13 October 2005, updated on 22 January 2016 by Jessica Bromley Barb Newsletter Autum 2005
PVR playback viewing figures reporting Posted on 12 September 2005, updated on 22 January 2016 by Jessica Bromley Barb is commencing reporting of viewing figures for PVR playback from stored content on Sky+ devices. This extra reporting information has been in development for a number of months, and is being activated across September 2005 in phases. Barb has worked with its meter providers AGB Nielsen Media Research, and with BSkyB on dual developments […]
Barb newsletter summer 2005 Posted on 16 August 2005, updated on 22 January 2016 by Jessica Bromley Latest edition of the Barb newsletter
Shaping Barb service for UK TV market Posted on 10 June 2005, updated on 22 January 2016 by Jessica Bromley Barb has launched an ambitious consultation process, inviting the industry to participate in shaping the Barb service for the increasingly advanced UK television market. At the launch of ‘Future into View’, at which nearly 200 senior representatives from amongst Barb’s stakeholders were present, Bjarne Thelin, Barb’s chief executive, said, ‘Television will be best served with […]
Launch Presentation Posted on 1 June 2005, updated on 22 January 2016 by Jessica Bromley Future into View was the consultation process that Barb launched in June 2005. At a time of fast paced development in television Barb sought the industry’s views about how television itself was changing, which elements may be most important and how Barb should respond to these factors. What the main influences were and what was […]
Barb testing of meter technology Posted on 22 April 2005, updated on 22 January 2016 by Jessica Bromley Barb has confirmed that it is arranging for the encoding of a small number of television stations to coincide with the fieldwork test that RAJAR is undertaking with the Arbitron PPM portable meter device. These will apply to the test panels that are being planned – a fixed panel of 700 respondents (15+ plus children) […]
Barb enhances overnight ratings service Posted on 23 March 2005, updated on 22 January 2016 by Jessica Bromley Barb To Enhance Overnight Ratings Service Barb (Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board) today announced that it is to enhance its overnight ratings service. In anticipation of incorporating playback viewing undertaken through the Sky+ box, Barb has reviewed its ‘overnights’ service (the reporting of audiences the day after transmission) which currently covers live viewing only. The advent […]
Barb newsletter – March 2005 Posted on 21 March 2005, updated on 22 January 2016 by Jessica Bromley The first newsletter of 2005 covers developments and enhancements to the Barb service