Vital Media Statistics

The advent of email and the internet have certainly changed the way people use media throughout the day, but two things haven’t changed: Radio...

We’ve checked out the cable choices of young radio and TV audiences. Now we move into those in the middle of the spectrum, starting with radio in the third of six installments in this series. The key is to discover where your own audience can be found when watching cable TV. We’ll tap into the massive database of Prosper Insights and Analytics to do this. We think you’ll find the information both fascinating and useful

Just about any way the data is sliced, June is in last place

Is the ad foundation at Facebook a bit shaky? New data from Standard Media Index, released in response to news that another security leak is plaguing the social media giant, has arrived that looks specifically at Facebook's ad revenue. Guess what? There's some slowing growth in an area that's been healthy of late for radio.

The information from Nielsen, which is mulling a takeover bid while shopping around for a better offer, offered the data in its first-ever "State of Play" report, which highlights the increasing boom of video content in both linear and streaming in recent years.

Despite efforts in D.C. to limit its use in the U.S. due to its ties to the Chinese government and a new effort led by 14 state attorneys general to impose "significant penalties" on it for its harms to American youth, TikTok is a major social media platform that isn't fading away anytime soon. Data from Pew indicate that adults — not kids — are big-time users.

The more you know about your audience, the better – and RBR-TVBR continues its ongoing effort to shed light on as many facets of...

Chances are that when your radio regulars are seeking broadcast entertainment, and they do not happen to be in a vehicle, they are watching television. But what are they watching? This is a very good thing to know for a number of reasons, and thanks to the research wizards at Prosper Insights and analytics, we can pinpoint viewing habits four you. Today we look at young-skewing radio audiences.

What's shaking in PPM markets Pittsburgh through Salt Lake City.

Media research firm Borrell has kicked off its summer 2019 "Chart of the Week" series. In its first at-a-glance chart of interest to broadcast media is a peek at how digital video advertising compares with TV. The big takeaway? Brief, no-clutter video ads work as well as traditional spots.

Fragmentation of the offer and non-linear viewing have accelerated what France-based Glance calls "the profound transformation" of the market. "All actors are rethinking their models," it says. In this context, programs are launched with fiction still at the forefront. In fact, older entertainment formats are still very attractive to viewers.

Following our dig into the BIGinsight database to get an idea of who the most frequent buyers of several miscellaneous common purchase items cross-checked...

It is not at all uncommon for a broadcast deal to involved tens, even hundreds of millions of dollars. The fact that the 13...

There's a newly released, in-depth white paper from Parrot Analytics that's worth noting if you are among those broadcasters evermore concerned about the rapid growth of "over the top" (OTT) viewing not just here in the U.S., but on a global level. The report takes a comprehensive look at global television demand trends across 10 markets in 2018.