BARC India to Solve the Digital Puzzle With its 'EKAM' Range of Products

MUMBAI, April 10, 2017 /CNW/ - BARC India today announced the phased roll-out of its much-awaited digital measurement service along with the brand name and logo of its digital measurement products. The digital products will be launched under the brand name EKAM (Sanskrit for 'One'). The logo of EKAM draws inspiration from the four colors (red, blue, yellow and green) as BARC India. The branding highlights BARC India's commitment to provide industry with a single platform for all measurement products, across TV and digital.

(Logo: http://mma.prnewswire.com/media/488354/EKAM_BARC_Logo.jpg)

The EKAM suite of products will include: EKAM Pulse, EKAM Beam, EKAM Stream, EKAM Ad-Scan and EKAM Integra.

EKAM Pulse will measure video ad campaigns and will be the first digital offering to be rolled-out by BARC India. EKAM Beam, the next product lined-up for release, will measure linear broadcast that is viewed on a Digital device. EKAM Stream, will measure both non-linear and pure-play digital video content. BARC India will also provide industry with EKAM Ad-Scan - which will be a global first-of-its-kind product. It will give an overview of digital ads in India, look at where the advertising money is being spent and which sectors are producing more digital ads. The final product in this suite - EKAM Integra - will help industry with common, robust and independent audience numbers that will give more accurate incremental reach figures. To do this, BARC India's TV data will be tied with digital video data with the help of single-source and digital booster panels on top of the census measurement and big data.

Advertisers in digital space face several issues today. These include: dependency on publishers/platforms for data, lack of quantifiable differences in impressions, inability to see unique and de-duplicated reach and frequency across publishers/platforms and lack of knowledge on ROI, among others.

BARC India, as a joint industry company, has been studying the problems and has developed the EKAM suite of products based on industry-specific needs. By providing unique reach and frequency across devices de-duplicated by brand, campaign, site or placement, the EKAM solutions will allow analysis and comparison of different platforms and their offerings. With a single-source panel, large TV and digital booster panels, census level impressions and Big Data on digital side, EKAM will offer a much more robust and accurate ability to show key metrics like incremental reach.

"We are happy to announce the launch of the EKAM, our digital offering. The ecosystem needs measurement of both - video ads and content, whatever the pipe and device maybe. As the brand name suggests, BARC India is working towards its goal of integrating TV and digital measurement. Our EKAM suite of products will be rolled out over the next 18-24 months. It will provide the industry with independent third-party measurement, verification of audience and eventually viewability of video ads and content," said Partho Dasgupta, CEO, BARC India.

About BARC India 

BARC INDIA is a joint industry body set up in India in 2012 with the specific purpose of designing, commissioning, supervising and owning India's Television Audience Measurement System. BARC India is a joint venture bringing together the three key stakeholders in Television Audience Measurement, Broadcasters, Advertisers and Advertising & Media Agencies. Their respective apex bodies, the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF), the Indian Society of Advertisers (ISA) and the Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI), represent the three industries. The three way alliance ensures that the sizable resources - financial as well as intellectual, required to mount such a massive, continuously running initiative are made available within a robust, transparent and accountable governance framework. Stakeholders, in India and around the world, enjoy uninterrupted access to comprehensive, accurate, reliable and timely television audience measurement system.

Web : http://www.barcindia.co.in

Twitter: @BARCIndia

SOURCE Broadcast Audience Research Council India

For further information: Mr. Partho Dasgupta, CEO, BARC India, [email protected], [phone];Ms. Seema Singh, Sr. Manager - PR & Communications, [email protected], [phone]