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National Cable television offers advertisers the ability to air their commercials across the country in the most sought after homes on some of the most exciting entertainment brands available today. Cable continues to attract consumers with programming that speaks to their needs and interests like no other media vehicle.

National Cable is a great opportunity today as viewers continue to migrate to Cable television at record levels.

  • In just the last four years there has been a major shift in the share of viewing now tipping the scales from the Broadcast networks to Ad-supported Cable networks across virtually all viewing targets in virtually every daypart.
  • Cable ratings continue to grow throughout this TV season at the expense of Broadcast which is showing across-the-board declines.
  • Cable regularly outperforms all other sources of TV in viewership, program quality and diversity.
  • One-week Cable Reach is now at parity across all major buying demos and depending on target has even surpassed broadcast's capabilities.
  • The targeted reach and impact of cable make it a media investment capable of producing the strongest possible payback.
09/2005•One TV World is the Power of Television Today
Today's advertisers can embrace the power of "One TV World" to efficiently market their brands on some of the best developed TV brands today. This presentation informs buyers and clients on most current metrics where Cable for most demos has gained parity in share and debunks the myth of Cable being only a frequency medium, among others.
 
03/2005•One TV World 2004/2005 Mid-Term Report (Ratings & Reach In Extreme Detail)
Last year you re-ordered the Upfront television marketplace. You turned to Cable first and increased its dollar volume (+17%) versus the previous Upfront, while you held volume flat for Broadcast. With television viewers irrevocably in control in this One TV World 2004/05 television season, how do Cable and Broadcast ratings perform? See for yourself.
 
05/2004•"How People Use Television" Study
The CAB, in conjunction with SRI/ Knowledge Networks, has just completed the "How People UseŽ Television" series of studies. The study was fielded to understand viewers' relationship with television and how people's attitudes, actions and usage of both the Broadcast and Cable networks have changed.
 
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