TNS Media Intelligence

The Industry Standard for Competitive Advertising Information

TNS Media Intelligence in the U.S. is the leading provider of strategic advertising intelligence to advertising agencies, advertisers and media properties. The company’s tracking technologies collect advertising expenditure and occurrence data, as well as select creative executions. TNS Media Intelligence is part of the TNS Media Group. Established in more than 30 countries, TNS Media explores all media – print, radio, TV, Internet, social media, cinema and outdoor worldwide, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and offers a full range of insights, analyses and audience measurement services.

TNS Media combines the deepest expertise in the industry to provide media and marketing intelligence including advertising expenditure monitoring, advertising creative monitoring, audience measurement, market influence analytics, online consumer behavior tracking, news monitoring, sports sponsorship evaluation and more. The TNS Media companies track more than 3 million brands and provide vital market intelligence to 16,000 customers around the world. For further information, please visit www.tnsmediagroup.com

TNS is part of the Kantar Group, one of the world's largest research, insight and consultancy networks. By uniting the diverse talents of more than 20 specialist companies – including the recently-acquired TNS – the group aims to become the pre-eminent provider of compelling and actionable insights for the global business community. Its 26,500 employees work across 80 countries and across the whole spectrum of research and consultancy disciplines, enabling the group to offer clients business insights at each and every point of the consumer cycle. The group’s services are employed by over half of the Fortune Top 500 companies. For further information, please visit www.kantargrouptns.com

History

While TNS Media Intelligence in the U.S. was officially formed in 2000, the company’s 80-year history of providing strategic information to the advertising community dates back to 1926. In 1992, a series of long-standing businesses, including Broadcast Advertising Reports (BAR) and Leading National Advertisers (LNA), Radio Expenditure Reports, and Radio TV Reports were combined under one brand – Competitive Media Reporting -- commonly known as CMR. In 2000, CMR was acquired by TNS. In 2008, TNS Group was acquired by The Kantar Group.

Delivering Information at its Best

TNS Media Intelligence is committed to powering your intelligence needs with the most accurate, relevant data delivered through the most advanced systems. Our products are web-based, so you can access the information you need any time, any where – in time to make critical decisions to ensure your competitive edge. TNS Media Intelligence's continual investment in cutting-edge technology is aimed at putting not just data, but the complete marketing picture at your fingertips. Only TNS Media Intelligence brings you:
 
Premier advertising data collection system, including:
Custom remote computer sites to capture commercials every day with our patented MediaWatchTM  technology
High capacity digital scanners to harvest electronic images from publications
 
More than 600 data collection specialists who carefully organize data in our state-of-the-art collection facilities in West Chester, PA, Chesapeake, VA and Minneapolis, MN
 
Unmatched commitment to client service and support -- our highly experienced Account Services representatives and IT teams are available for online and/or telephone training and support
 
Long-standing working relationships with most of the nation’s media sources and associations, enabling us to collect more information than any other provider and deliver the broadest spectrum of products.
 
Click here for information on the Publishers Information Bureau Partnership with Publishers Information Bureau (PIB) – TNS Media Intelligence’s exclusive agreement with the PIB calls for TNS Media Intelligence to collect and monitor 250 major consumer magazine advertising expenditures, and verify publisher advertising data. PIB continues to issue the guidelines under which magazines must report advertising data, and PIB members report their data directly to TNS Media Intelligence according to PIB guidelines.
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