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Part Five Developing the Integrated Marketing Communications Program<br />

Belch: Advertising and<br />

Promotion, Sixth Edition<br />

Exhibit 11-7 CNN<br />

International is the<br />

authoritative source for<br />

news throughout the world<br />

V. Developing the<br />

Integrated Marketing<br />

Communications Program<br />

11. Evaluation of Broadcast<br />

Media<br />

© The McGraw−Hill<br />

Companies, 2003<br />

of the growth in cable channels will come from multiplexing, or transmitting multiple<br />

channels from one network. Several major cable networks, including ESPN, VH1, and<br />

the Discovery Channel, own several channels.<br />

The cable industry has also been affected by changes in government regulation. In<br />

the early 90s, concerns over poor service and high rates led to a revolt against the<br />

cable industry. As a result, Congress passed legislation in 1993 that rolled back the<br />

provisions of the Cable Television Act of 1984, allowed local governments to regulate<br />

basic cable rates, and forced cable operators to pay licensing fees for local broadcast<br />

programming they used to retransmit for free. The Telecommunications Act of 1996<br />

allows local phone companies to offer cable service. However, as part of this act, federal<br />

regulation of the cable industry expired on April 1, 1999, and cable rates are now<br />

deregulated. 26<br />

One of the biggest threats facing the cable industry is competition from direct<br />

broadcast satellite (DBS) services, which use a system whereby TV and radio programs<br />

are sent directly from a satellite to homes equipped with a small dish. DBS<br />

companies such as DirecTV and EchoStar now have nearly 10 million subscribers,<br />

many of whom have come to them at the expense of cable companies. DBS companies<br />

have been aggressively marketing their service, superior picture quality, and greater<br />

channel choice as subscribers receive as many as 200 channels that include news,<br />

music, and sports in crisp, digital video and CD-quality sound. A major competitive<br />

restriction to DBS services was removed in late 1999 when the federal government<br />

passed legislation allowing satellite TV companies to carry local broadcast signals in<br />

most major markets. 27<br />

The future of cable as an advertising medium will ultimately depend on the size and<br />

quality of the audiences cable stations can reach with their programs. This in turn will<br />

depend on cable’s ability to offer programs that attract viewers and subscribers.<br />

Cable’s image as a stepchild in program development and acquisition has changed.<br />

Cable networks such as VH1, E!, TBS, and others have been creating original films,<br />

documentaries, and other programs that draw significant ratings. Networks like A&E,<br />

the Discovery Channel, and the Learning Channel provide outstanding cultural and<br />

educational programming. IMC Perspective 11-4 discusses how MTV recently created<br />

one of the most popular entertainment shows ever shown on cable—The Osbournes.<br />

Cable TV will continue to be a popular source of sports programming and is very<br />

important to advertisers interested in reaching the male market. There are over 11<br />

regional cable sports networks, and with companies such as Fox Sports, advertisers<br />

can buy multiple regions with one media buy. Cable networks are also paying large<br />

sums for the rights to sports programming. Deals by ESPN for exclusive Sunday night<br />

coverage of National Football League and Major League Baseball games, along with<br />

its new six-year deal to broadcast National Basketball Association<br />

games, have proved that cable networks can compete with the major<br />

networks in a sports bidding war. 28<br />

As cable penetration increases, its programming improves, and<br />

more advertisers discover its efficiency and ability to reach targeted<br />

market segments, cable’s popularity as an advertising medium should<br />

continue to grow. Many agencies have developed specialists to examine<br />

the use of cable in their clients’ media schedules. Cable networks<br />

are also looking to international markets as a source of future growth.<br />

Both ESPN and MTV have expanded into South America, Europe,<br />

and Asia, while TV viewers throughout the world tune to CNN International<br />

for news (Exhibit 11-7).<br />

Measuring the TV Audience<br />

One of the most important considerations in TV advertising is the size<br />

and composition of the viewing audience. Audience measurement is<br />

critical to advertisers as well as to the networks and stations. Advertisers<br />

want to know the size and characteristics of the audience they<br />

are reaching when they purchase time on a particular program. And<br />

since the rates they pay are a function of audience size, advertisers<br />

want to be sure audience measurements are accurate.

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