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Claria introduces Web Intelligence Center for US advertisers
MUMBAI: Claria which works in the online behavioral marketing space in the US, has announced that in addition to the launch of the BehaviorLink ad network it is also launching the Web Intelligence Center platform
The new offering for advertisers and publishers will provide insights and data on anonymous consumer behavior that have never before been available. The Web Intelligence Center will provide marketers access to numerous metrics based on consumer behavioral data that will help them better understand consumer behaviour and assist in creating more relevant and targeted advertisements and personalised content.
The Web Intelligence Center is an analytics platform that will help provide publishers and marketers with unprecedented insight and analysis into anonymous consumer behavior across a broad spectrum of the Web, rather than on
a single site or limited group of sites. It will enable advertisers and publishers to have a broader understanding of the interests of their consumer audience; what content users are seeking to meet their information needs; what activities users perform before and after they see an ad – in increments of hours, days, weeks, or months; and how behavior differs between different levels of category usage and/or brand loyalty.
The Center provides both standard and customised reports for advertisers and publishers. One of the reports Usage Intensity provides insight into the quantity of consumer Internet sessions and also the relative quality of those sessions. It answers questions like how many pages were viewed, how long were those sessions and how that compares with other brands in the category. Marketers can gauge if current sessions are of sufficient depth to indicate online purchase and loyalty.
Another report Cross Traffic presents insights into the percentage of a brands audience is viewing the competition, and the percentage of competitive audiences visiting their brand. It provides advertisers with a better understanding of how well they are doing in the marketplace and helps them focus and concentrate advertising on their weaker segments.
Meanwhile the Cross-Browse For Purchasers report shows the browsing behaviour of consumers who made a purchase at a given site, including what other sites in the category they viewed within the 30-day period prior to that purchase. This report provides insight into the browsing behaviour of the online buyer as compared to all traffic to the
brand. Marketers are able to determine what other competitors are in a consumer’s consideration set.
The Loyalty report allows marketers to segment their category consumers by loyal, Switchers and Competitive sections. It answers questions like Of those that viewed a given brand’s site, what is the scope of their consideration set? The New To Brand Indices index offers a monthly benchmarking of the percentage of ad-driven consumers who view a site that had not been to the advertised site within a prior 30-day period. It gives advertisers a perspective into the performance of their own campaigns to new consumers, as well as understanding how the category performs in trial based targetting.
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Hemlata Sharma joins ONEOTT Broadband as chief business officer
Former Zee Media distribution head to steer growth, partnerships and strategy
MUMBAI:Â Hemlata Sharma has joined ONEOTT Broadband as chief business officer, bringing with her more than three decades of experience across television, telecom and media distribution.
Sharma most recently served as head distribution, research & CRM at Zee Media Corporation Limited, where she worked closely with editorial and senior management while overseeing distribution, consumer research and customer relationships for 14 news channels including Zee News, WION, Zee Hindustan and Zee Business, along with ten regional state channels.
In that role, she led nationwide distribution across platforms such as DTH, Hits, IPTV, cable networks and DD Free Dish. She also drove consumer research and strategic insights on a pan India scale, analysing content performance, anchor impact, programme slots and audience behaviour to guide editorial decisions and programming strategy.
Her portfolio also included managing one of the largest alliances with Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited and overseeing the global distribution monitoring of Wion across North America, Mena, Europe, Africa, APAC and Australia.
Earlier, Sharma briefly served as head sales and distribution at Triplecom Media Pvt Ltd, an engagement driven OTT platform bringing together content, gaming, music and advertising for the entertainment distribution ecosystem.
Her earlier career includes a senior vice president stint at Ten Sports Network, where she played a key role in relaunching the sports broadcaster as an independent bouquet comprising Ten Sports, Ten Cricket, Ten Action and Ten Golf following the Zee takeover. During this period, she moved from vp west to head strategy for cable and dth and later national head retail distribution, helping build the network’s retail distribution vertical across India and launching dedicated golf and football channels.
Before that, Sharma spent over six years at Bharti Airtel as general manager operations for Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. She initially led marketing and corporate communications before moving into sales leadership, where voice sales grew by 86 per cent and revenues by 96 per cent. She later headed business operations, expanding annual business volumes to Rs 100 crore while significantly reducing operational costs.
Sharma began her long association with the media distribution ecosystem at Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited as regional head sales and distribution for central India. During that period, she played a role in the early rollout of pay television channels including Zee Cinema, HBO, Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network, while also contributing to the launch of Siti Cable in key central Indian cities.
With her new role at ONEOTT Broadband, Sharma is expected to focus on strengthening business strategy, expanding partnerships and driving growth across the company’s broadband and digital distribution ecosystem.
