TNS Media Group News Center

01.25.2010 Kantar Launches Kantar Media
Formerly TNS Media, new entity provides comprehensive and integrated insights into the media and marketing industries

01.15.2010 TNS Media Intelligence 2010 Winter Olympics Advertising
Fact Pack
800 hours of coverage, possible inventory of 9,000 ad minutes hold potential to thaw Winter 2010 ad spending

01.11.2010 TNS Media Intelligence Reports Super Bowl Spending Reached $2.17 Billion Over the Past 20 Years

01.06.2010 Marx Releases 2009 Free-Standing Insert (FSI) Trends
Free Standing Insert (FSI) Coupon Activity Increased 8.0 Percent to More Than 272 Billion Coupons Dropped During 2009

10.05.2009 Compete Unlocks the Secrets of Paid Search Success
Compete PRO reveals competitors' paid keyword strategies so you can turn their traffic into yours

09.21.2009 TNS Media Research President George Shababb Named One of Mediaweek’s 50 Most Influential People in Media
2009 Mediaweek 50 List recognizes those who “create new or advanced products and set new industry standards”

09.16.2009 TNS Media Intelligence Reports U.S. Advertising Expenditures Declined 14.3 Percent in First Half 2009

Compete Releases Top 25 Retail Web Sites for July 2009
Amazon.com Lands the Number One Spot, BedBathandBeyond.com Benefits from Back to School and CVS.com Climbs the Ranks in Health and Beauty

Compete Ranks Top 50 Web Sites for July 2009
Cash for Clunkers, Summer Blockbusters and Back-to-School Trends Evident

08.12.09 Rovi and TNS Media Research Sign Agreement to Collaborate on TV and Set-Top-Box Measurement
Companies Working Together to Provide Deeper Understanding of Television Guide Usage, Viewership Behavior and Interactive Program Guide Advertising

07.28.2009 Compete Releases Top Insurance and Physician Web Sites for June 2009
Consumers Compare Plans to Save Money and Rate Doctors on Service

07.24.2009 Industry Veteran Terry Kent Appointed General Manager of TNS Media North America

07.22.2009 Compete Ranks Top 50 Web Sites for June 2009

07.15.2009 Dynamic Logic and Compete Partner to Offer Marketers Insights into the Branding and Behavioral Effects of Online Advertising Campaigns

07.13.2009 Compete Illuminates What Consumers Do After Seeing Online Ads

07.09.2009 Compete Streamlines Access to the Digital Insights Marketers Need to Succeed

07.01.2009 Compete Releases Ranking of Top Ten Sports Fan Sites in May

06.24.2009 TNS Media Research President Calls For Change In Traditional Definition of Television Audience Measurement
Shababb, Speaking at ARF’s Audience Measurement 4.0 Conference, Says Expansion of Definition, Beyond Just Ratings, is Needed to Help Industry Integrate Insights and Understanding Made Possible Through Technology

06.10.2009 TNS Media Intelligence Reports U.S. Advertising Expenditures Declined 14.2 Percent First Quarter 2009

04.23.2009 Scripps Networks Signs on to TNS Media Research’s DIRECTView™ Service
Programmer to utilize advanced TV ratings analytics tool for second-by-second audience ratings and return path data across entire portfolio of networks

04.06.2009 TNS Media Research’s George Shababb Awarded 2009 ARF Great Mind Award for Advancing Return Path Data use in Digital Audience Measurement
Advertising Research Foundation recognized TNS Media Research President, George Shababb, for role in commercializing use of Return Path Data (RPD) from set top-boxes, for development of advanced TV Ratings analytics.

03.10.2009 TNS Media Intelligence Releases March Madness Advertising Trends
Analysis Highlights Revenue Growth, Top Spenders and Advertising Revenue Rank Relative To Other Leading Sporting Events

02.11.2009 TNS Media Intelligence Reports Academy Awards Spending Reached $691 Million Over the Past 10 Years
Historical Advertising Data Showcases Biggest Spenders, Ad Pricing Trends and Smaller Viewing Audiences

02.04.2009 TNS Media Provides Full Analysis of Super Bowl Advertising Campaigns
Highlights include record levels of commercial time, second-by-second ratings and the buzz and traffic generated online

01.28.2009 TNS Media Research Launches DIRECTView™- Further Advancing RPD Measurement in the U.S.
In-depth TV Ratings Analytics Provide Live and Time-shifted Second-by-Second Audience Measurement of Programs and Commercials in 100,000 DIRECTV Homes

01.08.2009 TNS Media Combines Research to Provide Super Bowl
Ad Fact-Pack
Highlights include ad pricing trends; the influx of new advertisers; more cluttered air time; the impact on commercial audiences; and the buzz generated in social media