Deal Provides A+E Networks with Daily Insights on Audience Demand for TV Content Across All Digital Platforms Globally.
A+E Networks has signed a multi-year subscription agreement with Parrot Analytics, a leading data science firm which has developed a new technology capable of measuring cross-platform global demand for content. The service will provide A&E with quantifiable and timely data to gauge country-specific audience interest for specific TV content for several of its programming channels including History, FYI, Lifetime and Viceland.
The announcement was made by Sean Cohan, A+E’s President of International and Digital Media, and Wared Seger, CEO for Parrot Analytics.
In making the announcement, Cohan stated that, “The crisis facing our industry today is the fact there is no standardized measure of global content interest. Although we have worked with most of the existing measurement providers, none have been able to provide the global standard data our industry needs – until today.”
“Parrot’s technology delivers the only system that allows us to standardize how we value our content around the world, and it is also the only system able to give us a truly global view of audience demand in every country at any given time,“ continued Cohan. “With Parrot’s Demand Measurement platform we now have a means to compare the popularity of our shows with those of our competitors, across all countries and on every platform at any given time.”
Because A+E is gaining viewers worldwide through its dedication to nurturing an array of strategic brands, content development has come both in the form of media partnerships such as Vice, as well as through original programming such as the remake of Roots.
“Roots is a fine example of an epic miniseries whose global appeal is shown by the fact that it is now being broadcast in 42 languages,” notes Joel Denton, Managing Director of International Content Sales and Partnerships for A+E. “With our Parrot Analytics subscription, we can quantify this popularity in terms of actual audience demand in every country. It doesn’t matter if our sales teams are selling into South Korea or Norway, the market-specific insights that we get from Parrot are valuable because they result in better negotiation outcomes for us.”
Added Wared Seger, CEO for Parrot Analytics, “Consumer viewing habits continue to shift in digital’s favor, especially among millennials, and the audience and content distribution landscape is becoming increasingly more fragmented. Parrot Analytics will help A&E Networks navigate through the noise created by this fragmentation. We are delighted to partner with the A&E team and look forward to providing insights as part of A&E’s strategic plans for successful global growth.”
About A+E Networks
A+E Networks®, LLC. is an award-winning, global media content company offering consumers a diverse communications environment ranging from television networks to websites, DVDs, gaming, watch apps and educational software. A+E Networks is comprised of A&E®, Lifetime®, History®, LMN®, FYI™, H2™, VICELAND™, A+E Studios™, History en Espaňol™, Crime & Investigation Network™, Military History™, Lifetime Real Women®, A&E IndieFilms®, A+E Networks International®, A+E Networks Digital® and A+E Networks Consumer Products™. A+E Networks channels and branded programming reach more than 350 million households in over 200 territories. A+E Networks, LLC. is a joint venture of Disney-ABC Television Group and Hearst Corporation.
