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It’s a little like Washington these days. Proposed solutions are flying all over the place and yet consensus seems a long way off. There is reason for it. It’s not a stretch to say the future of the media business depends on it. With so many ways consumers are getting content, a widely accepted way […]

One main thing continues to hold back the mutual desire on the part of advertisers, agencies and media companies for more cross-platform deals between TV and online video: the lack of a standard metric that will allow for easy comparisons for ad effectiveness. That was the consensus of a panel at the multi-industry trad gathering […]

For a while now, Arbitron’s COO Sean Creamer has been suggesting that the portable people meter (PPM) could play a more prominent role in TV measurement. During his comments last week, a J.P. Morgan executive wondered whether the company had offered Viacom help recently — it was tongue in cheek. But Arbitron CEO Bill Kerr […]

We’re inching closer to a world where advertisers can accurately measure results across devices and media, according to presentations today by the Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement. The group, which includes content producers, media buyers, and advertisers, offered updates on two initiatives that it says should reach fruition next year. Read More…

US — TV broadcasters A+E Networks and Scripps Networks have joined the Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement, the group of media owners, agencies and advertisers focused on finding the best way to measure media audiences. The addition of the two firms brings the total CIMM membership up to 24 companies, including Unilever, Viacom, Walt Disney, […]

A&E, Scripps Join CIMM

September 8, 2011

The Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM), a group that seeks to promote innovation in audience measurement for TV and cross-platform video, and that is backed by a number of TV programmers, media agencies and advertisers (previously announced members include AT&T, Belo, CBS, Carat USA, Comcast, ConAgra, Discovery Communications, Gannett, GroupM, Hearst, Interpublic Group’s Mediabrands, […]

NEW YORK: A+E Networks and Scripps Networks are the newest members of of the Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement, which seeks to identify new ways of effectively measuring audiences across multiple platforms. There are now 24 active members, including CBS Corporation, Comcast Networks, Discovery Communications, NBCUniversal, News Corporation, Time Warner, Viacom and The Walt Disney […]

Team with existing CIMM Members including television content providers, media agencies and advertisers to identify new ways to effectively measure audiences across multiple platforms New York, NY – September 7, 2011 – The Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM / www.cimm-us.org), today announced that A+E Networks and Scripps Networks LLC are the newest members of […]

A+E Networks and Scripps Networks have joined the Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement, an alliance of media companies, ad agencies and advertisers focused on developing new ways to measure audiences across multiple platforms. CIMM was formed in the fall of 2009, in the hopes of spurring industry suppliers to deliver better ways of gauging cross-platform […]

Add two more influential cable programmers to the Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement — an initiative by Big Media and advertisers that hopes to update TV ratings system to account for viewing on new platforms including smartphones. The group is supported by heavyweights including AT&T, CBS, Comcast, Discovery, Disney, News Corp, Procter & Gamble, Starcom MediaVest, Time […]