Average Program Audience

July 21, 2012

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CIMM DEFINITION: The average delivery (expressed in thousands) of Set-Top Boxes or households out of the sample, footprint, census or universe that is attributed to a video, program, time period or daypart.

2: The average number of units or households attributed to a program. (Source: Kantar Media Audiences)

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CIMM DEFINITION – A method of modulating digital signals onto a radio-frequency carrier signal involving both amplitude and phase coding. A modulation scheme used by telecommunications providers. More advanced modulation offers increased capacity (e.g., 256 QAM offers greater capacity/transmission speeds than 64 QAM). (Source: Definition currently under review by CableLabs)

2: The format by which digital cable channels are encoded and transmitted via cable television providers. QAM tuners can be… Read more

QAM abbr Quadrature Amplitude Modulation

See also: Bandwidth Optimization, Switched Digital Video

CIMM DEFINITION: A device in some digital televisions or other devices that enables direct reception of any unscrambled digital cable channels with the use of a Set-Top Box. QAM stands for quadrature amplitude modulation, the format by which digital cable channels are encoded and transmitted via cable television providers. QAM that uses 6 MHz bandwidth carries 38.47 Mbp/s @256QAM (Source: Wikipedia)

QAM Tuner

See also: QAM, Internet Protocol

CIMM DEFINITION: A hybrid Set-Top Box from Motorola that offers QAM and IP at the same time and connects through the internet.

Qip Boxes

See also: Bar Code, Google Goggles

CIMM DEFINITION: A two-dimensional matrix bar code that is used to identify products. It can store up to 4,296 alphanumeric or 7,089 numeric characters. Depending on the level of error correction applied, it can restore from seven to 30% of the missing data. (Source: http://www.pcmag.com)

Note – Created by Japanese Denso Wave, Inc. and standardized by ISO, Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS), JEIDA and AIM, QR codes are increasingly used to identify the URL of a compan… Read more

QR Codes abbr Quick Response Codes

See also: Versioning

CIMM DEFINITION: The process by which consumers self direct themselves into categories based on preferences or behaviors. For example, consumers who are willing to pay more for a product versus those who are more price conscious.

Quality Discrimination

CIMM DEFINITION: A request for information, usually to a search engine. (Source: IAB)

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