3G – third generation mobile phone network capable of
transmitting high data levels including video
Analogue television – UK terrestrial television broadcasting format supporting five channels (BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, Channel 4 and five)
BARB – Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board – owned by broadcasters and advertisers and providing data on viewing statistics in UK households
Cable – cable television – often also providing telephony and broadband internet services
Catch-up channel – a channel transmitted usually with a one hour delay, and showing identical programmes to a main channel eg ITV2+1
Channel 3 (licences) – the 15 regional licences and one national licence awarded to transmit Channel 3 across the UK. Eleven of the regional licences are held by the ITV Group. ITV also owns 75% of the national licence GMTV
Combined Code – the Combined Code on corporate governance published by the Financial Reporting Council
Commitment – proportion of people who said that any of the ITV channels were either their favourite channel or one of their favourite channels
Communications Act 2003 – the Act of Parliament under which the majority of UK television broadcasting is governed
Contract Rights Renewal (CRR) – the remedy agreed by Carlton, Granada and ITV in 2003 as a precondition of the merger of Carlton and Granada and which governs the way in which ITV1 airtime is sold by ITV to its advertising customers
Corporate Responsibility (CR) – term used to cover all areas of responsible behaviour by companies including ethical behaviour, corporate governance and environmental impact
Cross Promotion – information given about programming on a channel by other channels in the same family, either by on air announcement or specific programme trailers
Defined benefit pension scheme – a pension scheme for employees under which the ultimate pension benefit is usually related to salary, either at date of retirement/leaving or at date of accrual
Defined contribution pension scheme – a pension scheme for employees under which the ultimate pension is usually related to the contributions paid into the scheme by employee and employer and to the investment returns earned on such contributions up to retirement
Dow Jones Sustainability Index – an index compiled by Dow Jones based upon CR measures assessed by them
Digital Switch Over (DSO) – the point at which the UK terrestrial analogue transmissions will cease and DTT will take over – planned to be a rolling programme by region across the UK finishing in 2012
Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) – the digital transmission system (currently comprising six multiplexes each capable of transmitting between six and ten television channels), that is often referred to as Freeview, will fully replace analogue transmissions at DSO
Freesat – a platform broadcasting digital channels by satellite accessible to viewers without paying a subscription.
Freeview – the name by which UK digital terrestrial television is often known
High Definition/HD Services – channels or services broadcast in substantially higher resolution than standard, providing improved picture quality
Impact or commercial impact – one advertising impact is one viewer watching one 30 second commercial (usually referred to as rate card weighted and relating to a specific demographic group). Unless otherwise stated, commercial impact figures cited throughout this report refer to adult commercial impacts based on BARB data.
ITFC – Independent Television Facilities Centre Limited
ITV1 adult SOCI – SOCI for the adult demographic delivered on ITV1
Net Advertising Revenue (NAR) – the amount of money received by the broadcaster as payment for spot advertising net of any commission paid
Ofcom – the regulator established to govern UK broadcasting as well as other areas of the media and telephony industry
OFT – the Office of Fair Trading is the UK’s principal competition regulator
Peak-time – the evening period of heaviest television viewing activity normally between 7.00 pm and 10.30 pm
PVRs – personal video recorders are machines able to record broadcast television programmes to a storage medium (usually a hard disk) from which it can be played back to a television, rewound/fast forwarded or paused and then continued
Product placement – product placement is the inclusion of, or reference to, a product or service within a programme in return for payment or other valuable consideration to the programme maker or broadcaster
PRS – premium rate services – usally a telephone number charging a higher rate than normal local calls and often used by television channels for participation TV and quizzes. PRS may be accessed via the red button on a TV remote control
Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) – the considerable requirements placed on certain broadcasters including obligations to transmit particular material which may not be wholly commercial (eg religion and current affairs) within their schedules
Rate-card – in relation to ITV1, the comparative pricing for advertisements of different time duration (where the comparative price may not be directly proportionate to duration)
Share of Broadcast (SOB) – the term used to define the share of total UK television advertising revenue which is taken by one channel or group of channels
Share Of Commercial Impacts (SOCI) – the term used to define the share of total UK television commercial impacts which is delivered by one channel or group of channels. Unless otherwise stated, SOCI figures cited throughout this report refer to share of adult commercial impacts based on BARB data.
Share of viewing / audience share – the share of the total viewing audience during a defined period (for example, for a slot, hour, peak-time or full calendar year) gained by a programme or channel. Unless otherwise stated, audience share figures cited throughout this report refer to share of viewing for all individuals based on BARB data
Spontaneous Consideration – proportion of people who said that ITV1 was a channel they would consider watching when they sat down to watch TV
Weighted Impacts/Messages – impacts can be weighted to take account of differing commercial durations. Weighted impacts are usually reported as “30 second equivalents”, where each commercial length is given a weighting value relative to a 30 second commercial
Analogue television – UK terrestrial television broadcasting format supporting five channels (BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, Channel 4 and five)
BARB – Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board – owned by broadcasters and advertisers and providing data on viewing statistics in UK households
Cable – cable television – often also providing telephony and broadband internet services
Catch-up channel – a channel transmitted usually with a one hour delay, and showing identical programmes to a main channel eg ITV2+1
Channel 3 (licences) – the 15 regional licences and one national licence awarded to transmit Channel 3 across the UK. Eleven of the regional licences are held by the ITV Group. ITV also owns 75% of the national licence GMTV
Combined Code – the Combined Code on corporate governance published by the Financial Reporting Council
Commitment – proportion of people who said that any of the ITV channels were either their favourite channel or one of their favourite channels
Communications Act 2003 – the Act of Parliament under which the majority of UK television broadcasting is governed
Contract Rights Renewal (CRR) – the remedy agreed by Carlton, Granada and ITV in 2003 as a precondition of the merger of Carlton and Granada and which governs the way in which ITV1 airtime is sold by ITV to its advertising customers
Corporate Responsibility (CR) – term used to cover all areas of responsible behaviour by companies including ethical behaviour, corporate governance and environmental impact
Cross Promotion – information given about programming on a channel by other channels in the same family, either by on air announcement or specific programme trailers
Defined benefit pension scheme – a pension scheme for employees under which the ultimate pension benefit is usually related to salary, either at date of retirement/leaving or at date of accrual
Defined contribution pension scheme – a pension scheme for employees under which the ultimate pension is usually related to the contributions paid into the scheme by employee and employer and to the investment returns earned on such contributions up to retirement
Dow Jones Sustainability Index – an index compiled by Dow Jones based upon CR measures assessed by them
Digital Switch Over (DSO) – the point at which the UK terrestrial analogue transmissions will cease and DTT will take over – planned to be a rolling programme by region across the UK finishing in 2012
Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) – the digital transmission system (currently comprising six multiplexes each capable of transmitting between six and ten television channels), that is often referred to as Freeview, will fully replace analogue transmissions at DSO
Freesat – a platform broadcasting digital channels by satellite accessible to viewers without paying a subscription.
Freeview – the name by which UK digital terrestrial television is often known
High Definition/HD Services – channels or services broadcast in substantially higher resolution than standard, providing improved picture quality
Impact or commercial impact – one advertising impact is one viewer watching one 30 second commercial (usually referred to as rate card weighted and relating to a specific demographic group). Unless otherwise stated, commercial impact figures cited throughout this report refer to adult commercial impacts based on BARB data.
ITFC – Independent Television Facilities Centre Limited
ITV1 adult SOCI – SOCI for the adult demographic delivered on ITV1
Net Advertising Revenue (NAR) – the amount of money received by the broadcaster as payment for spot advertising net of any commission paid
Ofcom – the regulator established to govern UK broadcasting as well as other areas of the media and telephony industry
OFT – the Office of Fair Trading is the UK’s principal competition regulator
Peak-time – the evening period of heaviest television viewing activity normally between 7.00 pm and 10.30 pm
PVRs – personal video recorders are machines able to record broadcast television programmes to a storage medium (usually a hard disk) from which it can be played back to a television, rewound/fast forwarded or paused and then continued
Product placement – product placement is the inclusion of, or reference to, a product or service within a programme in return for payment or other valuable consideration to the programme maker or broadcaster
PRS – premium rate services – usally a telephone number charging a higher rate than normal local calls and often used by television channels for participation TV and quizzes. PRS may be accessed via the red button on a TV remote control
Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) – the considerable requirements placed on certain broadcasters including obligations to transmit particular material which may not be wholly commercial (eg religion and current affairs) within their schedules
Rate-card – in relation to ITV1, the comparative pricing for advertisements of different time duration (where the comparative price may not be directly proportionate to duration)
Share of Broadcast (SOB) – the term used to define the share of total UK television advertising revenue which is taken by one channel or group of channels
Share Of Commercial Impacts (SOCI) – the term used to define the share of total UK television commercial impacts which is delivered by one channel or group of channels. Unless otherwise stated, SOCI figures cited throughout this report refer to share of adult commercial impacts based on BARB data.
Share of viewing / audience share – the share of the total viewing audience during a defined period (for example, for a slot, hour, peak-time or full calendar year) gained by a programme or channel. Unless otherwise stated, audience share figures cited throughout this report refer to share of viewing for all individuals based on BARB data
Spontaneous Consideration – proportion of people who said that ITV1 was a channel they would consider watching when they sat down to watch TV
Weighted Impacts/Messages – impacts can be weighted to take account of differing commercial durations. Weighted impacts are usually reported as “30 second equivalents”, where each commercial length is given a weighting value relative to a 30 second commercial