The document discusses the results of the first Social Engagement Index, which measures audience engagement with television shows on social media. It found that One Tree Hill had the highest level of social engagement of any show in 2009, driven by its story format, demographic audience, and established social media presence. The Index provides a more accurate measure of engagement than conventional metrics by tracking social interactions in real-time while a show airs rather than the day after. Socially engaged viewers watch for longer periods and are more valuable to networks and advertisers.

1. Results from the first Social Engagement Index which
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2. This is how TV engaged audiences in the 1960s.
This doesn’t work today
doesn t today.

3. We’ve tried to measure
audience engagement with
Nielsen data.
This doesn’t work today either.

4. Modern viewers are
consuming TV
differently.

5. SOCIALLY,
SOCIALLY
During President Obama’s inauguration, CNN.com provided a social viewing experience to
over 13M online viewers who, using Facebook, watched, debated, and EXPERIENCED
the inauguration together.
Source: CNN, January, 2009

6. AS COMMENTATORS,
During the 2009 Oscars, more than 100,000 Twitter messages were sent that
commented on the awards as they were being handed out.
Source: Nielsen/MediaWeek, April 2009

7. AS CONNECTED PARTICIPANTS.
PA TICIPANTS
30-50% of NFL viewers are watching games in two-screen environments:
Watching TV with a laptop in front of them - participating in games and fantasy leagues
Source: Joe Ferreira , VP CBS Sports, 2006

8. Viewers are increasingly
leaning forward, and
socially engaging on
other devices while they
watch TV
TV.
This is known as
media blur.
edia blu
31% of adult TV consumption is during a media blur situation.
(Simultaneous use of multiple media platforms at once)
Source: Ball State Center for Media Design, 2007

9. Viewers who engage socially watch longer, don t ad skip, and
longer don’t skip
have higher sponsor recall.
Social engagement
makes TV content
more valuable.
Socially engaged viewers watch TV programming 2x to 3x longer.
Source: LiveHive Systems – NanoGaming Case Studies, 2009

10. Social Engagement means
viewers interacting with the
show, and with each other.
It’s a good thing.
LiveHive is the social
engagement leader providing
leader,
best-in-class technology to
drive social engagement for
major broadcasters and
advertisers.

11. LiveHive’s technology doesn’t just create social engagement,
it lets us measure it in real-time.
LiveHive has measured social engagement from over 1 million TV viewers.
This is the largest audience data set compiled for measuring social engagement with TV.

12. In August 2009, Liv Hiv
A t 2009 LiveHive
released the first data from the
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The Index tracks social engagement
for viewers across 60+ shows via
our partner offerings and our own
tvClickr Facebook community.
LiveHive’s tvClickr Facebook Application is the largest online community of socially
engaged TV viewers – providing access to the viewing habits of over 700,000 viewers.

13. Results: Top 10 Socially Engaging Shows in 2009
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1 One Tree Hill 24.3
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2. 90210 14.1
3. Jon and Kate + 8 8.2
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4. Desperate Housewives
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5. So You Think You Can Dance audience size.
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6. Hells Kitchen 4.8
What the scores effectively represent, is the
likelihood of a show’s audience to lean forward
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and become socially engaged in what they’re
watching.
watching An audience that is socially engaged is
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3.1  Twitter games sync’d to the show
 Status Updates  Real-time viewer polls
Socially engaged viewers in the Index typically interacted, with the show or each other, every 90
seconds during the episode – LiveHive measures every such interaction - creating a dataset with far
more detailed engagement information than can be achieved via real-time search engines.

14. Why did One Tree Hill Dominate
y
in Social Engagement?
A story format well suited to active social discussion and interaction
A demographic that gravitates to multi-platform media consumption
A well established footprint in social media channels
Season Finale (May 19)
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15. Social Engagement Index measures the
Engagement of P i i i
Participation.
Conventional
Conv ntional social m dia tracking tools measure the
media m asur th
Engagement of Referral.
Social media tools that track blog posts, video views, and site visits typically
Gather most of their usage data the day After a show airs.
“The day after” is interesting, but doesn’t Measure how engaged
an audience was while they watched.
This is what matters to advertisers.
Viewers socially engaged using LiveHive’s technology have proven to channel surf during
commercials at 38% the rate of conventional viewers.

16. Results: Demographic Trends

17. LiveHive is the global leader in
socialLY engaging TV audiences.
We’ll help make your content more valuable,
Contact us to learn how.
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