TV AD Volumes in Unlock period surpasses Pre-Covid Volumes by 12%; On Smartphone, revival in Shopping and growth for Education and Video Conferencing continues

BARC India & Nielsen Media Explain ‘Impact Of COVID-19 On TV Viewership And Smartphone Behaviour Across India – Edition 11

This is the eleventh edition of the report on ‘Crisis Consumption on TV and Smartphones’ jointly released by BARC India and Nielsen Media.

BARC India is the official currency on Television Measurement in India and Nielsen Media runs a 12,000 strong smartphone panel in India passively capturing smartphone behaviour.

Considerations:

Some of the Key Highlights of TV and Smartphone consumption are as follows: –

1. Total TV viewership has shown consistent growth in the last 12 weeks – Current week Daily Average Reach is 7% higher and Average, Daily Time Spent is 13% higher than pre-COVID period.
2. Growth in current week vs pre-Covid period is seen across both Primetime (3%) and Non-Primetime (44%) and also across HSM and South markets.
3. Overall smartphone usage is slightly lower than pre-COVID levels. The drop in the recent weeks is on account of time on banned apps getting reduced.
4. On TV, share of different genre is more or less back to pre-COVID levels – Original programming bringing back the GEC genre both in HSM and South Markets; News and Movies see a growth in Primetime.
5. On Smartphones – revival seen in shopping (surpasses Pre-COVID levels in recent weeks), Education and Video Conferencing continues to grow – almost 1 in 5 people accessing them, Overall time spent on Video Streaming returns to pre-COVID levels.
6. Independence Day event garnered 4.6 BN viewing minutes – highest viewership in last 2 years – also higher than all the previous PM addresses during COVID.
7. Live Telecast of Ayodhya Bhoomi Pujan garnered 7.3 BN viewing minutes.
8. On Content viewed on Smartphones – Sushant Singh starrer “Dil Bechara” tops Movie Charts in Week 1 of release, followed by action thriller “Khuda Hafiz”, “Mastram” continues to top the Original Series charts, followed by “Bandish Bandits”, “Dangerous”  & “Aarya”, Share of time spent on Syndicated series on OTT increases as new programming resumes.
9. AD Volumes in Unlock period surpassed Pre-Covid Volumes by ~12% – Top 10 Advertiser inventory increased by 34% in Unlock period compared to Pre COVID period.

About BARC India

Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India is a Joint Industry Company founded by stakeholder bodies that represent Broadcasters, Advertisers, and Advertising and Media Agencies. Built upon a robust and future-ready technology backbone, BARC India owns and manages a transparent, accurate, and inclusive TV audience measurement system. Apart from the currency products to the TV industry, BARC India also provides a suite of Insight products designed for Broadcasters, Advertisers and Agencies. The Big Data and Insights generated by BARC India powers efficient media spends and content decisions in a highly dynamic and growing television sector. Winner of numerous awards for its technology, innovation and Human Resource practices, the company has grown substantially since its inception.

Web: www.barcindia.co.in
Twitter: @BARCIndia

ABOUT NIELSEN

Nielsen Holdings plc (NYSE: NLSN) is a global measurement and data analytics company that provides the most complete and trusted view available of consumers and markets worldwide. Nielsen is divided into two business units. Nielsen Global Media, the arbiter of truth for media markets, provides media and advertising industries with unbiased and reliable metrics that create a shared understanding of the industry required for markets to function. Nielsen Global Connect provides consumer packaged goods manufacturers and retailers with accurate, actionable information and insights and a complete picture of the complex and changing marketplace that companies need to innovate and grow. Our approach marries proprietary Nielsen data with other data sources to help clients around the world understand what’s happening now, what’s happening next, and how to best act on this knowledge. An S&P 500 company, Nielsen has operations in over 100 countries, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.

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