Bell Media & Twitter Form New Canadian Research Partnership

BY: 

Dave Forde
June 7, 2013

BellBell Media and Twitter announced this week announced a new partnership around a number of important analytics initiatives relating to social media and television. As part of the new partnership, new research will be created that will focus on the social TV behaviour of Canadian viewers, the return on investment of social TV initiatives, and the relationship between audience engagement and Twitter activity.

“We’re excited to continually expand our presence in the social media space through the power of our premium content. We are committed to measuring, sharing and applying knowledge from passionate social conversations to help our advertisers’ brand campaigns become even more effective,” said Kevin Crull, President, Bell Media. “Our content drives engagement, and Twitter ‘amplifies’ the conversation.

“Twitter is TV’s social soundtrack,” said Kirstine Stewart, Country Director of Twitter Canada. “Working closely with Bell Media, we will be able to accelerate the development of analytic tools mentioned and we look forward to sharing the findings with clients and industry.”

With both Canada’s most-followed media property (@MuchMusic) and most-followed media personality (@TSNBobMcKenzie), and a Twitter network with reach in the millions, Bell Media is a leader among media companies on Twitter. As one of the tools used in analytic development, Bell Media will also employ AMPLIFY, Twitter’s branded, in-stream video tool that allows broadcasters to complement on-air content with timely in-tweet video clips.

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Dave “The Connector” Forde has been involved in the marketing, public relations and technology industry across Canada for over 20 years in various sales and marketing roles, he launched The Connected One network of business sites which connects buyers to the right sellers. Profectio and PR In Canada covers news about the marketing and public relations industry each day helping professionals advance their career and businesses. He also serves as an advisor to a number of businesses across the country. Find Dave on LinkedIn and Twitter.


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