UAE/29712-04/GEO

January, 2005

 

Pan Arab Research Center [PARC] is pleased to announce the release of Oman National Multi-Media Survey Y2004.

 

The survey offers a full coverage of a comprehensive audience measurement on a national scale for Television, Radio, Cinema, over 200 Print Media titles (Newspapers, Weekly/ Monthly and Children Magazines), and socio-demographics section. 

 

Multi-stage random probability sampling was used in order to achieve a representative sample of all nationality groups: Omanis, Arab-expats and Non Arab-expats. The survey covered in the Willayat is: Muscat, Al Batinah, Dhofar, Ad Dakhliyah and Ash Sharhqiyah.  Face-to-face interviews were conducted with the selected respondents at their place of residence, which generated representative sample of males and females aged 15 years and above, of all socio-demographic and economic groups.

 

OBJECTIVES OF THE SURVEY:

 

q       TELEVISION

·       Overall frequency of TV Viewing

·       Frequency of watching TV by Day-Parts

·       Type of TV broadcast accessed at home

·       Channels received at home: Local, Regional, International and Pay-TV

 

·       Viewership patterns of channels received at home:

-       Frequency of watching

-       Recency of last time viewing

-       Viewership on an average day of the week

·      Reconstruction of TV viewing schedules on an average day of the week by:

-       15 minutes time segments

-       Television channels

 

 

q  RADIO

·      Overall frequency of listening to Radio

·      Frequency of listening to Radio by Day-Parts

·      Stations listened to in past 12 months

·      Stations listened to in past 3 months

·      Stations listened to in average day of week

·      Frequency of listening to each station

·      Recency of last time listened to each station

·      Reconstruction of radio listening schedule on an average day of the week by:

-       15 minutes time segments

-       Radio stations

 

 

q    DAILY NEWSPAPERS

·      Frequency of reading daily newspapers

·      Total Issue Readership: Newspapers titles read in past 30 days

 

·      Average Issue Readership: Newspapers titles read in an average day of the week

·      Reading patterns of individual titles:

-        Frequency of reading

-        Recency of last issue read

-        Number of issue read

-        Source of copy read

-        Place of reading

 

 

 

q    WEEKLY AND MONTHLY MAGAZINES

 

·      Frequency of reading Weekly & Monthly Magazines

 

·      Total Issue Readership: Magazines titles read in past 6 months

 

·      Average Issue Readership: Magazines titles read in the publication’s cycle:

7 days and 30 days respectively

·      Reading patterns of magazines:

-          Frequency of reading

-          Recency of last issue read

-          Source of copy read

-          Place of reading

-          Number of reading sessions

 

 

 

q       CINEMA

·      Frequency of going to the cinema

·      Types of movies usually watched

·      Genres of movies seen in past 12 months:

-      Frequency of viewing by genre

-      Recency of last time viewed each genre

·      Movies watched in the past 12 months

·      Cinema theaters visited in the past twelve months, three months, 30 days, and 7 days

 

q       OUTDOOR MEDIA EXPOSURE

·      Frequency of road travel these days

·      Places usually go to

·      Number of trips made on an average day

·      Origin and destination points

·      Main roads taken

·      Frequency of making trips in average week

 

 

 

 

The total sample for this survey consists of (n=2383) interviews. Fieldwork was conducted in the period of 12th June 2004 - 15th September 2004.  Results have been weighted to represent the current structure of the adult population in the Sultanate of Oman.

 

The results are analyzed in the form of statistical tables by major socio-economic factors such as age, gender, family structure, family income, occupation, area, ethnic group and other variables, and by day of the week.

 

 

 

 

Data & Software

 

Fully processed data is available in statistical tabulations hosted in the PARC Index Software.  All data elements are accessible and can be used for Media Planning.

·         PARC MEDIA INDEX: a software provided by PARC to read the statistical report.

·         PARC SEASΣ: The all new version of SEAS, Industry standard media evaluation and planning software based on the power and flexibility of Objects Technology; delivering a powerful yet user-friendly workbench for in-depth media analyses, planning and schedule optimization.

 

 

Further details on the survey and the software products may be obtained from our Website: www.arabresearch.com.

 

Requests for further details, quotation for the survey and quotations for special requests and orders can be addressed to any of the following contacts:

 

MARKETS

CONTACT NAME

TELEPHONE

FAX No.

E-MAIL Address

U.A.E

Manoj Lakhiani

 +971 4 3376696

 +971 4 3344456

manojlakhiani@arabresearch.com

George Kokkat

 +971 4 3376696

 +971 4 3344456

george@arabresearch.com

OMAN

Safwat Adly

 +968 24702103

 +968 24750685

parcoman@omantel.net.om

 

Looking forward to receiving your order confirmation, we remain at your service for any further details.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JIHAD FAKHREDDINE

Research Manager – Media

 

 

 

 

 

 

UAE/29712-04/GEO

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OMAN NATIONAL MULTI-MEDIA SURVEY – Y2004

 

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   Cinema            Outdoor      Socio-demographics

 

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