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.
As an entertainment executive, you aspire to acquire, produce, program and distribute content that resonates with viewers. You need a competitive edge that informs smart investment decisions, strategic positioning, and guarantees a return on investment. This is why understanding audience demand is critical for business success. You want to know exactly how to leverage the content you have and the content you seek to acquire. This is where demand data comes in.
Take for example the Star Wars franchise, which has created a spin-off series called "The Bad Batch". Let's analyze its performance based on our demand metrics over the month of March 2024 in the United States. By looking at the audience demand for "Star Wars: The Bad Batch", with demand 28.2 times higher than the average show in the United States over the last 30 days, we can see that the audience demand for the show is outstanding, giving executives a clear indication of the show's potential. With 99.7% of all drama titles in the United States trailing behind "The Bad Batch" in terms of demand, content valuation on the show is high. This means that there is an opportunity for executives to leverage the show to attract a maximum number of subscribers or retain existing ones.
However, we also see a decrease of 12.6% in audience demand in the United States alone for the show over this time. This insight is important for you as you decide which titles to acquire and invest in from a demand perspective. You want titles that have consistent audience demand or to be prepared for demand fluctuations.
"The Bad Batch" is doing well internationally, as it outperforms the demand of the average TV show in each of the top 10 global markets where it is shown. Therefore, you can expect greater ROI by including these markets in international distribution plans or production decisions.
Our Parrot Pulse further shows the high scoring of "The Bad Batch" in the travelability, momentum, franchisability, and reach indices over the past month. Likewise, in the longevity index, it has also maintained its relatively high performance as compared to its performance over the last 30 days.
For an up-and-coming OTT or SVOD platform, understanding how to attract viewers is critical and using demand information to determine the viability of content for potential audiences can make a major difference. For talent agencies, understanding which talent will perform best in which genres, in which markets and why is vital. For TV production companies and studios, tracking demand for a show that is currently in production can help to identify aspects of the show that resonate more with audiences, and that can be exploited in upcoming seasons.
Demand data is also important for content distributors in understanding what to license and when. For linear networks or pay-TV networks that are grappling with an inability to retain subscribers, showcasing highly demanded titles that have a long-term audience can help them to cancel out churning subscribers, helping boost the long-term potential of the network.
In conclusion, parrot analytics is the solution you need for understanding demand data that enables strategic content valuation and investment decisions. Demand data can help you make decisions about acquisition, distribution, programming and production, whilst also providing insight into market trends, brand affinity, and genre trends that can ultimately lead to valuable content decisions.
This is Star Wars: The Bad Batch's home market and therefore its travelability is 100%; the travelability of a TV show's market of origin is always 100%. Click through to another market to discover how well Star Wars: The Bad Batch 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 Star Wars: The Bad Batch, for example, can be assessed for a market e.g. United States, which can then be benchmarked against genre averages (e.g. Action Drama), using our globally standardized Demand Expressions® metric.
This page has been adjusted on April 22, 2024, 2 p.m. PST using demand analytics from Parrot Analytics for Star Wars: The Bad Batch in the United States. We provide our partners with meaningful subscription-video-on-demand capabilities to help them drive better and more informed content distribution strategies. Contact us today to find out more.