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Marketing Dataset Overview

Nielsen's Ad Intel Data cover advertising occurrences for a variety of media types across the United States, starting in 2010 and including annual updates. These data can be broken down by Market Code (i.e., ~200 Designated Market Areas (DMAs), which can be matched to DMAs in the Consumer Panel and Retail Scanner datasets).

Specifically, the Ad Intel Dataset includes advertisement occurrences from the following media types:

National TV: Network TV, Spanish-Language Network TV, Cable TV, Spanish-Language Cable TV, and Syndicated TV
Local TV: Spot TV, Network Clearance Spot TV, Syndicated Clearance Spot TV, and Local/Regional Cable TV
Radio: Network Radio, Spot Radio
Magazine: National and Local Magazine
Newspaper: National Newspaper, National Sunday Supplement, Local Newspaper, Local Sunday Supplement
FSI (Free Standing Insert) Coupon
Outdoor (e.g., billboards)
Internet (information is limited until August 2017, then replaced by new Digital media type data): National Internet, Local Internet
Digital (2017 forward): National Digital
Cinema: National Cinema, Regional Cinema

The Ad Intel Dataset also includes advertisement impression and universe estimate information for the following media types (so that Gross Rating Points can be calculated):

National TV: Network TV, Spanish-Language Network TV, Cable TV, Spanish-Language Cable TV, and Syndicated TV
Local TV: Spot TV, Network Clearance Spot TV, Syndicated Clearance Spot TV, and Local/Regional Cable TV
Radio: Network Radio, Spot Radio

Advertising impressions are further broken down by age and gender. For National TV, impressions can be broken down by 50 demographic classifications, called Market Breaks. Categories range from types of beverages a family consumes to household income to presence of computers or internet in the home.

A variety of reference data files are also included, such as:

Advertisers
Brands
Product Categories
Creative Descriptions
TV Programs
Distributors (e.g., TV station)
Publishers

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