How can you measure audiences?
Focus groups -
A focus group is a form of qualitative research in which a group of people are asked about their perceptions, opinions, beliefs, and attitudes towards a product, service, concept, advertisement, idea, or packaging.
Questionnaires - is research consisting of a series of questions and other prompts for the purpose of gathering information from respondents.
BARB- is a minute by minute breakdown of viewing at regional and national levels. This information is important for assessing how programmes, channels or advertising campaigns have performed and provides the basis for airtime advertising trading.
Television research agencies- is agency’s like Ofcom and BARB that research and can check what the popular channels/ programmes are.
Who regulates adverts?
BCAP- are the UK Advertising Codes that are there to lay down rules for advertisers, agencies and media owners to follow. They include general rules that state advertising must be responsible, must not mislead, or offend and specific rules that cover advertising to children and ads for specific sectors like alcohol, gambling and health and financial products.
Ofcom- is the communications regulator. We regulate the TV and radio sectors, fixed line telecoms, mobiles, postal services, plus the airwaves over which wireless devices operate.
ASA- The Advertising Standards Authority is the UK's independent regulator of advertising across all media. We apply the Advertising Codes, which are written by the Committees of Advertising Practice. The ASA is a non-statutory organisation and so cannot interpret or enforce legislation.
Clear cast- is an NGO which pre-approves most British television advertising. It came into being on 1 January 2008 and took over the responsibilities of the Broadcast Advertising Clearance Centre.