The Publisher Research Council (PRC) is introducing a new digital currency, DAMS (Digital Audience Measurement System) for websites to sell their audiences in South Africa and PRC members. Many other publishers are already supplying real-time audiences to the dashboard, which went live on November 1st. The PRC is the oldest and one of the most […]
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Fusion22 to be launched next week
The most comprehensive media study ever produced in South Africa is launching next week. The Broadcast Research Council of South Africa (BRC), Publisher Research Council of South Africa (PRC) and Nielsen South Africa are proud to introduce Fusion22, bringing together the combined data of effectively 56 219 respondents into a single study. Fusion matches respondents […]
Continue readingMore TagPRC announces the new reading currency READ2021
The Publisher Research Council (PRC) has announced their new readership currency READ2021 (REader Audience Data) release – bringing a seismic change to current research methodology, moving away from a single survey to aggregated and fused data. The new dataset combines the PAMS 2021 Online survey and the brand and offline component from PAMS 2019. “From […]
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Towards the end of last year, Kuper Research conducted a survey amongst individuals in the media and advertising industry for the Publisher Research Council (PRC). The objective was to determine and measure perceptions of the new JIC’s vs SAARF, and to determine whether new media research is meeting the needs of users and to ascertain […]
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In the latest research commissioned by the Publisher Research Council (PRC), conducted using the global Touchpoints model developed by TNS Kantar Germany that measures a total of 23 consumer touchpoints, print advertising cracks the top 10 in the automotive category, placing second, clipped only by Television, in the ‘Paid For’ touchpoints. ‘Touchpoints’, a robust quantitative […]
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PRC and Nielsen launch first fused survey in South Africa
The PRC (Publisher Research Council) and Nielsen launched the first ever fused dataset in South Africa at packed out launch events in Johannesburg and Cape Town. This new and comprehensive brand dataset is changing the face of research in this country while adapting to current consumer behaviour. According to Jonathon Wells, Senior VP at Nielsen […]
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Advances in technology and computing power make it possible to fuse multiple research surveys. Essentially there is no more need for outdated brand diaries in 2018. “Picture this,” says Peter Langschmidt, consultant to the PRC (Publisher Research Council). “It’s 1975 and paper diary research is state-of-the-art when conducting FMCG brand research. It’s now 2018, with […]
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Fusion is no longer the vision in research, but rather the preferred solution. The first fused media and brand data will be available to the media industry as soon as August this year comprising of the PRC’s PAM S and Nielsen’s Consumer Panel. The PRC plans to fuse Narratiive’s (formerly Effective Measure) online data to […]
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PRC brings Nielsen fused brand & PAMS
Nielsen has announced that it will release Consumer Panel data fused with 2017 PAMS data in August this year, this is an enhanced survey that will provide the industry with rich information on 200 consumer goods categories and more than 5 000 brands. The study is being funded by the Publisher Research Council (PRC) and will […]
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In order to deliver credible and objective data, the Publisher Research Council (PRC) has introduced the TOC (Technical Oversight Committee) to guarantee the authenticity of PAMS (Publisher Audience Measure Survey) and other surveys it conducts. “Media owners and Joint Industry Councils (JIC) like the PRC that conduct their own research have been accused of ‘marking […]
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