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IPG Commits to PPMs for Radio Planning, Buying

Published on January 11, 2006 | Email this article
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When Arbitron deploys the Portable People Meter system, Interpublic Group will use it, having signed a contract with Arbitron to use the PPM-based radio audience estimates whenever it is rolled out, Arbitron announced today.

 

Arbitron’s agreement with IPG does not commit Arbitron to a specific timetable for deployment, and the company has not yet decided when and in which markets it will roll out the PPM system to measure local market radio audiences.

The company is still evaluating two approaches for the PPMs: Nielsen Media Research has been granted the option to join in the potential commercial deployment of the PPM, in which case the two would form a joint venture. If Nielsen chooses not to go that route, Arbitron plans to offer a PPM service for audience measurement to the radio industry on its own.

Earlier this year, Nielsen said that it would decide by the first quarter of 2006 whether to continue with the PPM project.

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