Barb, the UK TV measurement body, has announced that it is searching for its next Chief Executive following Justin Sampson’s decision to step down from the role in 2026. Barb noted that it is “on the verge of another wave of innovation designed to ensure the measurement and reporting of audiences to linear, streaming and […]

Barb, the audience measurement and television ratings organisation, has released data from its Establishment Survey showing that 20.5 million UK homes (69.5 per cent) had access to a SVoD service in Q3 2025. This is a slight dip from 20.6 million UK homes in Q2 2025. The service-level subscriptions data are as follows: Netflix: 17.6 […]

ITVX has surpassed 3 billion streams for the year to date. The figure was achieved more than three weeks earlier than in 2024, which ITV says is “testament to the accelerated growth of its streaming platform”. ITV added that its BVoD service has been the #1 commercial BVoD platform in the UK every single month […]

Barb, the audience measurement and television ratings organisation, has released data from its Establishment Survey showing that 20.6 million UK homes (69.7 per cent) had access to a SVoD service in Q2 2025. This is an increase from 20.1 million UK homes in Q1 2025. The service-level subscriptions data are as follows: Netflix: 17.6 million […]

The shape of television media is changing, as consumers shift from linear TV to connected TV and the opportunity of TV advertising becomes more addressable. This transition has prompted a debate about what counts as television in 2025 – and whether TV advertising should be defined by format, device or media owner. WARC’s Global Ad […]

Barb, the audience measurement and television ratings organisation, has issued an invitation to tender (ITT) for its Establishment Survey. Barb’s Establishment Survey is an ongoing survey of UK households, with three core objectives: To provide population estimates for access to and ownership of TV viewing equipment for universe estimation To set profile targets for Barb […]

Barb, the audience measurement and television ratings organisation, together with its research partner Kantar Media, has started to report TV-set viewing to YouTube channels. This initiative, first announced in February, makes Barb the first TV joint-industry measurement system to incorporate viewing to YouTube channels. Barb has chosen 200 of the most-watched YouTube channels to become […]

Barb, the audience measurement specialist, has issued an invitation to tender (ITT) for the third phase of its API (application programming interface) development. Barb is seeking experienced partners to deliver “a quicker, more capable API, which offers built-in metrics (such as reach, frequency and TVRs), while anticipating future industry needs”. Caroline Baxter, Barb’s Chief Operating […]

Barb, the industry’s standard for understanding what people watch, has released data from its Establishment Survey showing that 20.1 million UK homes (67.5 per cent) had access to an SVoD service in Q1 2025. This is a slight increase from 20 million UK homes in Q4 2024. The service-level subscriptions data are as follows: Netflix: […]

Barb, the audience measurement specialist, has launched the first set of overnight commercial spot ratings in beta, working with Clearcast and AdSignal. Barb awarded Clearcast with the contract to deliver interim overnight commercial spot logs in December 2023, following a competitive tender process. The logs are delivered in conjunction with AdSignal. AdSignal monitors Barb-reported commercial […]