Measurement

CTV audience measurement: panel vs census, ACR data, co-viewing, and cross-device reach

Audience measurement in CTV answers a deceptively simple question: who is actually watching? The answer involves panel methodology, census data from platforms, automatic content recognition from smart TVs, and a persistent co-viewing problem that no measurement system has fully solved. In India, the complexity is compounded by a fragmented platform landscape and limited independent verification infrastructure.

This hub covers how CTV audience data is collected, what each method can and cannot tell you, and what it means for planners buying audiences and publishers selling them. If you are comparing CTV to linear TV reach, or trying to understand deduplicated reach across platforms, start here.

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