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Summary of Available Files
As holders of BARB contract 4, AGB Nielsen Media Research produce, each day, a number of standard files for the industry as shown below. "Database 1" files contain data at the individual respondent level whereas "database 2" files contain data aggregated by either time or event (commercial or programme) for a number of audience categories. In order to produce the event based files, AGB Nielsen Media Research receive from broadcasters, commercial "as-run" logs for each commercial BARB reported channel which detail the transmitted spots and breaks of that day. AGB Nielsen Media Research validate and process these to produce a comprehensive listing of the day's events across all BARB reporting panels. Similarly, "as-run" logs for programme events are also received and processed, in this case this includes the "networking " of programmes where necessary and based on the BARB networking rules as defined in the reference manual.
database 1 and database 2 time-based files are reported according to the "polling day" [2:00 to 25:59 (1:59)]; database 2 event based files are reported according to the "reporting day" [6:00 to 29:59 (5:59)}. General files such as the Universe file and Rate Factor file are updated as necessary, but are available daily; the updates added to each file containing dates indicating the period to which the universe or factor relates.
As the requirements of each BARB subscriber vary, BARB and AGB Nielsen Media Research have developed a rate-card based on data sets that are combinations of the available files. These data sets are described below.
In addition, customised files can be made available. These include a number of standard files not available in the datasets:
Full specifications of these files are available on the AGB Nielsen Media Research web site. To view or download these you must be an authorised user. For authorisation please contact:
client.services@agbnielsen.co.uk
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(phone: 020 7968 1931)
Dataset Listing and AGB Nielsen Ratecard
Spots Amendments Interactives and Specials charges
Spots Amendments are charged in 2 ways as follows:
- 1) Yearly insurance charge Jan - Dec £750 per channel
- 2) One off amendment charge - £400
Other specials can be quoted for by contacting
client.services@agbnielsen.co.uk
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with written requirements.
How to Submit Logs
AGB Nielsen Media Research processes broadcaster logs, receiving them by FTP and processing them into Ratings and Events files.
1) Commercial As-run Log
2) Transmission Log As the process of setting up a new station is not straight forward, a user guide is also available on the BARB website which fully explains the log management process. This guide aims to provide an easily understandable overview of the UK television market measuring system and the procedures you will need to follow in order to enable your programmes and commercials to be accurately measured. See also the document "A Simple Guide to Registering a New Television Station with BARB" on this site.If you have any questions you can contact AGB Nielsen Media Research Events by emailing client.services@agbnielsen.co.uk or phoning our Events staff on 020 7968 1959Once we have spoken to you and obtained your necessary contact details, we can set up an FTP account for you. We will then ask you for a test programmes and commercials file to process 2 or 3 weeks before transmission in order to iron out any potential problems.
For more technical details, please refer your data processor to our Download BARB Specifications section under "Data Information" link.
How to obtain BARB data files
To obtain BARB data files you must be a BARB subscriber. Once you have subscribed to BARB, you should go to our Detailed Explanation of Files section and decide which files you require and thus which data sets.
For technical information, you will need to read the Download BARB Specifications section of our site.
Once you have all the information that you need, you should email it to
client.services@agbnielsen.co.uk
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and we will contact you. If you are unsure as to what you require or need more help, it is wise to send information or questions through before calling so we can provide full answers.
Billing information
In order to process your requests efficiently, we will require an accounts contact, your full postal address and telephone and fax numbers. Where necessary we will require a purchase order number or written confirmation of a product request.
Once we receive your file request and billing information we can set up an FTP account and get data to you as soon as possible.
Terms and conditions
A new AGBNMR service is now available to BARB reported broadcasters
May 07
This service is available to assist broadcasters who are unable to automatically generate programmes in the required format stipulated by BARB.
►A new AGBNMR service is now available to BARB reported broadcasters
