Israel: IARB extends Kantar contract
February 24, 2015
Kantar Media has signed an agreement to continue operating the National Television Audience Measurement service in Israel. This prestigious contract, announced by the Israeli Audience Research Board (IARB), extends Kantar’s television measurement provision in the market until 2019. Kantar Media has been delivering the official TV ratings service continuously to IARB and its members since 1998.
Forming part of its long term partnership with IARB, Kantar Media has committed to increase the panel size by a further 20 per cent to 700 households. The enlarged panel, commissioned by IARB, will deliver even greater insight into viewing habits across all measured channels whilst providing more detail on niche programme audiences in the market.
“We are delighted to continue working with IARB and its members.” commented Richard Asquith, Global CEO, Kantar Media Audiences “Since the service went live in 1998, we have continuously delivered high quality data on the viewing habits in Israel. The transformation taking place in TV across the world presents exciting opportunities for audience measurement. We are confident that the advanced and hybrid techniques that we are developing will meet the needs of Israel’s TV industry in the future whilst maintaining the ratings service to the highest international standards.”