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Ipsos Smart Cell Phone Tech Ready to Test

Published on February 23, 2006 | Email this article

The Media Audit/Ipsos announced Tuesday that its smart cell phone-based measurement system technology has passed a lab test by RAJAR, the U.K. radio ratings consortium, and said it will announce this spring the details for the full field test set for this summer, writes Mediaweek.

Ipsos is positioning this technology as a viable competitor to Arbitron’s portable people meter, as both companies are two of the seven finalists in the Clear Channel Radio’s selection of a new radio ratings system.

Both Arbitron and Ipsos have designed multimedia solutions to measure radio, TV, cable and internet exposure.

The Media Audit said that by not having had to develop any hardware, its smart cell phone has an advantage over other systems. Arbitron refuted the viability of a “dual use” electronic device Tuesday, saying that using a cell phone to measure media behavior would create biased ratings because different age groups use cell phones differently.

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