Médiamétrie now offers 4-screen TV
audience measurement customers the option to view the performance of their programmes
broadcast on myCANAL, CANAL+ Group’s OTT (1) television
distribution platform.
These results will be included in the Programme Focus 4 screens service, which measures daily ratings for television content that has been broadcast live and via
catch-up across 4 screens: television, computer, smartphone and tablet.
myCANAL worked closely with Médiamétrie on a technological level to roll out this audience measurement that can identify content consumption across all its internet and app environments, as well as via all
digital screens.
Julien Rosanvallon, Médiamétrie’s Head of Digital and TV Departments added: “Including
audience figures from the myCANAL platform in our 4-screen measurement marks an important step. It means that we are measuring channels across an even wider scope than before. This project illustrates the technological and scientific developments that we have implemented over the past few years in our TV and digital capabilities, combining panels and
big data, with the aim of delivering ever more comprehensive and refined measurement to the marketplace. In this way, Médiamétrie has confirmed its standing as a pioneer in the
field of 4-screen TV audience measurement. To date, only three other countries in the world offer such measurement.”
Frank Cadoret, Deputy Director General of Groupe CANAL+ in charge of France: “CANAL+ Group has long been the reference partner for TV broadcasters, and is delighted to contribute to this development in the television market that adds the value of myCANAL audiences to those channels that subscribe to 4-screen measurement. The new practices promoted by myCANAL (time-shifted viewing has doubled in just one year), together with its simple and innovative features (Multi-Live, Download to Go, Personalised Recommendations, etc.) have already been adopted by millions of users, whether they are CANAL subscribers or otherwise. The innovative technological developments deployed by CANAL+ Group and Médiamétrie during this project confirm the myCANAL platform's unique status as an OTT content aggregator mixing live, catch-up and VOD content. 4-screen audience measurement is one step in the establishment of services which myCANAL will offer to its broadcasting partners, both subscribers and non-subscribers, based on CANAL+ Group’s expertise in
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(1) OTT, or over-the-top, refers to television services via bypass, i.e. over an internet connection without going through the traditional
channel of a
cable, telephone or satellite operator
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