The Demand Distribution curve illustrates how a TV show’s popularity compares to the demand benchmark, which is a measure of the average demand across all titles. The curve is divided into performance buckets, ranging from “Below Average” to “Exceptional”. A show falls into one of these performance buckets depending on how many times more or less demand it has compared to the demand benchmark.
The show’s performance is market-specific, e.g. the same show can be in the “Average” range in the United States and in the “Good” range in France.
As an example, if a show has 9 times more demand than the demand benchmark, it falls in the “Outstanding” performance range; only 2.7% of all shows in the market reach this high level of demand.
Heartstopper, a romantic British TV show about two teens, Nick and Charlie, is currently enjoying exceptional global demand across all platforms. As of March 2024, it has 5.2 times the audience demand of the average TV show in Canada and has seen an increase in demand recently over the last 30 days. With these impressive demand metrics, Heartstopper's content valuation is high, making it a valuable acquisition for SVOD platforms and linear networks looking to attract a wider audience and expand their subscriber base in Canada or other parts of the world.
Demand data can be used to help TV executives make informed acquisition decisions. For example, if Heartstopper has a higher ROI than the average title, entertainment executives can make more informed acquisition decisions knowing the dollar value contribution of the TV show to any particular platform in any region. Also, insights like the show's top markets in terms of demand, like the UK and Brazil, can help acquisition teams identify markets for distribution, leading to better global growth prospect.
Using trend analysis, entertainment companies can also make informed programming decisions. For example, executives may consider investing more heavily in the promotion of "Heartstopper" this month in Canada or producing similar content based on the show's fan lineage with shows like "The Walking Dead," "Black Mirror," and "Alone."
In the case of linear networks facing subscriber churn, entertainment executives can use demand data to acquire TV series that already have a dedicated audience to mitigate churn. In contrast, SVOD platforms can use demand data to identify titles that can drive subscriber acquisition and growth, keeping in mind the level of demand for any title in a particular market as they rationalize acquisitions.
For TV production companies developing new content, demand data-driven insight can help determine the target audience by analyzing genre popularity. In addition, insight such as momentum which measures the pace of growth, helps TV Executives coming to a decision on whether to order more seasons of shows. For a show like "Heartstopper," which pays attention to different perspectives related to sexual orientation, its audience may be very diverse. TV executives can tailor marketing campaigns before a premiere to target specific clusters of potential viewers, using demand data to guide their strategies.
Finally, when looking to sell content to other SVOD platforms, demand data can help content distributors determine the value of their content to other platforms. They can also use demand data to assess the reach and travelability of their portfolios, effectively quantifying the demand for a title in global markets relative to its home market.
Heartstopper's travelability to Canada in the last 30 days is 42%, which means that the audience demand for Heartstopper is 42% of the demand in its country of origin, United Kingdom. Click through to another market to discover how well Heartstopper travels internationally.
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Unlike TV ratings, our DemandRank TV rating system ensures that important demand signals are weighted more heavily than others: The more consumer effort required; the more importance is attached to each signal. Once all the signals are weighted and combined, the audience demand for Heartstopper, for example, can be assessed for a market e.g. Canada, which can then be benchmarked against genre averages (e.g. Romantic Drama), using our globally standardized Demand Expressions® metric.
This page has been altered on April 17, 2024, 2:03 p.m. PST using television demand data from Parrot Analytics for Heartstopper in Canada. We provide our partners with smart TV analyses to help them drive better and more informed content investment strategies. Contact us today to find out more.