Practice Questions Flashcards
Total Free-to-Air (FTA) viewing includes a number of different viewing types. Which of the below is NOT a type of Free-to-Air viewing?
D
Netflix
Which of the below is considered a key strength of Television as an advertising channel?
B
It can reach a vast amount of people in a short amount of time
BVOD is one of the key drivers of Free-to-Air TV’s predicted 0.6% annual advertising spend growth. Why is BVOD driving advertising spend growth?
B
Increased TV viewing numbers due to faster internet speeds, increased number of internet enabled devices and quality produced content.
Recorded or playback viewing is…
A
Recording a program at the time it is broadcast and viewing on a TV device at another time
(TV device only)
What % of the total Australian population watch TV each week?
D
Between 60%-80%
If you wanted to advertise on Television in the highest viewing period, when would you advertise and why is the viewing higher at that time?
A
Winter, due to the colder weather
TV can be viewed live or recorded (playback), how much viewing is done within 7 days of broadcast?
D
8%-10%
The majority of viewing happens in the evening, this is called…
B
Peak viewing
If a viewer is watching programs on 7Plus, which of the following channel types are they viewing?
C
On Demand/Catch up (BVOD)
What is WIN?
A
A regional TV network
What is different about a ‘Solus (individual) market’ to an ‘Aggregated market’ or ‘Sub-Market’?
A
A Solus (individual) market is a regional market that utilises diary surveys
What is MxM ratings data and why would you use it?
C
Minute by Minute ratings data recording the actual rating of your spot when it appeared
Your client asks you for an explanation of Time Shift Viewing, which explanation is correct?
C
It refers to a program that that has been recorded, that has been viewed within either 7 or 28 days at normal speed.
What is ‘As-Live’ viewing?
Yesterday’s viewing of a program that was recorded on that day and then viewed before 2am
Subscription TV viewing is measured by…
B
OzTAM
Which of the below is NOT a Reach rule in Australia?
D
Maximum audience reach rule
Which of the following does not need to be submitted to clear ads?
C
The Media Plan
What is the number of minutes per hour of non-program matter that can be scheduled in Peak time on multi-channels?
A
15 mins per hour
Which of the below is NOT regulated for commercial Free-to-Air TV?
D
Number of hours of Reality TV
You need to book one more spot for your television campaign. The most cost-efficient program is required, so that you don’t overspend. Which program is the most cost efficient?
C
I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, TARP 8, Cost $6,000
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A
Home and Away, TARP 5, Cost $5,500
B
Bachelorette, TARP 6, Cost $7,500
C
I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, TARP 8, Cost $6,000
D
Googlebox, TARP 7, Cost $6,600
Calculate the TARP, based on the information below:
Women 18-39yrs audience potential (universe estimate) in Adelaide is 220,600
Women 18-39yrs average audience for The Project is 15,000
C
6.8 TARPs
The following spot list of programs gives you a total of 25 TARPs in Melbourne: The Bachelor (8.0), The Block (10.0) and My Kitchen Rules (7.0). Which of the following statements is TRUE?
B
Total TARPs for this spot list may include duplicated audience reach.
Using the below Metropolitan audience numbers, what are the commercial audience shares for the commercial networks?
SEVEN 670,000
NINE 665,000
TEN 550,000
SBS 325,000
ABC 300,000
D
SEVEN 30.3%, NINE 30.1%, TEN 24.9%, SBS 14.7%
Your client is a local bank and want to advertise four different savings plans. What TV planning strategy would you recommend?
B
A Frequency strategy
Your Fixed store retail client has briefed you to develop a media strategy for a short term clearance sale and asked you to recommend the required media budget. There is a lot of information you need to develop the media plan, but before you start, you need to determine the media planning goal. To do this, it is critical to know…
D
The campaign goal, in this case, the sales target.
What would be a reason NOT to use a frequency strategy?
D
You have a high impact TVC and recognised brand
Your new Home Building client has briefed you to develop a media plan to sell their new home and land packages. They have two targets; high short term sales AND to advertise when consumers will be in the market to purchase. The media budget doesn’t allow you to do both. Which strategy do you recommend?
B
A Continuity strategy. A house is a very considered purchase so consumers need to be aware of your client’s House and Land packages when they are in the market to purchase.
Why would you segment the purchasers of your products into Light, Medium, and Heavy purchasers?
C
You should review the segments to determine where the greatest opportunity is, sometimes Heavy users can be more ‘valuable’ e.g. represent more sales.
A men’s shampoo brand wants to promote a price discount. Why would the TV brief have a target audience of Grocery Buyers?
C
As the campaign is a price discount, the target should be the purchaser of the product, in this case, Grocery Buyers.
You are building a target audience for your client’s fashion brand. One of the things you discover about the consumer is that they are interested in cooking. How does this information influence your media buy?
B
It can influence the types of programs you buy.
Examples of when to advertise
- Financial products may run their advertising to the front-end of the week. This is when people are more likely to be in a positive mindset to review these more complex products.
- QSR (Quick service restaurants) may advertise neat meal times
The more weeks your campaign is on TV, the smaller the gap between the consumer purchase and last seeing your advertising. The result is that your message is likely to be top of mind.
Econometric Modelling
Econometric models are constructed from economic theories that optimise consumer
behaviour, using data which are observations/facts based on price point and historical sales
activity.
The Point of Diminishing Returns
The Point of Diminishing Return looks at how the media spend is performing against the Reach
& Frequency goals (or sales goals) and at what point the campaign starts to deliver less return
(i.e., less sales, less new consumers) than what is spent.
o It is believed that there is a point of diminishing returns, where additional exposures
to an ad, do little to influence either recall or purchasing.
o Many marketers set a communication goal to maximise their reach at a given
frequency.
Reach Curve
A Reach Curve is what you will run and analyse as this will demonstrate how many TARPs are required to
achieve your Reach and Frequency goal.
TVmap & Curv8ture are industry tools you will use to run this Reach
Curve.
Campaign Flighting Models
- Burst (Build reach quickly, campaign launches or seasonal brands)
- Always On / Continuity (Build reach slowly over time)
- Week On/Week Off / Pulse (To maintain presence for as long as possible)
Television audience analysis to determine programming
- Top 20 peak and off-peak programs against your target audience
- That deliver highest reach (% TARP or thousands)
or - Ranked by cost efficiency (CPM/CPT)
Partnerships study by Network 10 and Marketing Scientist Group
The study found that viewers’ recall (remember) of the brand increased when the brand was integrated in a
program combined with their brand TVC placed during commercial breaks in the same program.
- Brand integration works
- Integration with spots are a powerful combination
- The more viewers that like a program, the greater the ad impact
- The more frequently a view watches a program, the bigger the ad impact
- Programs with strong positive emotions attracted higher attention to the content and advertising
- Programs with high levels of social media engagement and talkability produce bigger ad impacts
You are recommending a Pulse flighting strategy for a product that has a short purchase cycle. What is this?
C
A TV campaign that will appear week-on and week off
Your client has asked you to build a media plan to reach as many of their audience as possible, what approach would you take?
B
Highest cost-effective 1+ reach affordable
A media plan outlines the components of a campaign. What components does ‘The When’ relate to on the plan?
B
Season, Week, Day and Time
You’ve been asked to calculate the TVC length ratios for your media buy, how do you do this?
A
You calculate the ratio of TARPs that you bought for each of the TVC lengths expressed as a percentage e.g. 50% 30 second TVC and 50% 15 second TVC
One method to determine the ideal Reach and Frequency goal for your campaign is to look at what point the campaign starts to bring in less return than what is spent i.e. the “Point of Diminishing Return”. How would you determine the Point of Diminishing Return for your campaign?
A
Review the media spend against the Reach and Frequency of the campaign
Regular optimising of your TV buy is extremely important. What type of adjustments may be required in the lead up to the launch of your TV campaign?
A
You may need to move a spot if the programming has changed to ensure you achieve the planned reach goals.
The TV Network has updated your bought National TV campaign in Holdings but the total gross spend does not match what you booked. Your TV rep is in a meeting so what initial steps could you take to narrow down where this issue is?
B
You could compare each market total with holdings market total to highlight which market has an issue.
If you are negotiating makegoods with the TV sales rep, what are you doing?
B
Negotiating additional airtime for a spot the TV Network did not air as booked, did not air at all or for audience under-delivery.
The FTA TV Networks are constantly introducing new programs into their formats. As part of optimising your TV buy, what would you do to combat these potential unknown audience levels of new programs?
A
You could review historical ratings for similar types of programs.
When evaluating a proposal from the TV Network what is important to check and why?
A
TV Commercial length - if these are incorrect you cannot deliver to your spend and TARP goals.
You are buying a TV campaign with the best lead time possible. Your planning CPTs are quite low, would you…
C
Buy on screen.
If a Client asks you to provide a combined Reach & Frequency for NSW, what is the correct answer?
D
I will advise that this combination is not permitted.
A TV campaign with a high 1+ reach goal over a short time frame generally would require what % of airtime in Peak Zone?
B
70%+
Which buying demographic has the highest audience potential?
B
People 25-54
If you have a total Net TV spend of $585,000, what is the media levy amount to be paid?
D
$325.00
If the gross cost of the TV campaign is $1,350,000 what is the budget you have to spend with each TV Network if Seven’s share is 37.5%, Nine’s share is 45% and STV’s share is 17.5%?
C
Seven - $ 506,250
Nine - $607,500
STV - $236,250
You have allocated 30% of your 120 weekly TARPs to Off Peak programs. You have bought 12 spots that are Off Peak programs. What is the average Off Peak TARP?
B
3 Ave Off Peak TARP