Rentrak Granted Patent For 'Stickiness'

by Joe Mandese , December 10, 2014

Rentrak, which in October said it was granted a patent for measuring when TV sets are turned on or off, this morning announced another addition to its intellectual property war chest: a U.S. patent for “stickiness.”

“U.S. Patent No. 8,904,419, issued on Dec. 2, revolves around a process to prove which TV shows have the most engaged viewers based on a ‘Stickiness Index’,” Rentrak stated, adding that the index is based on process indicating that “The more time spent viewing, the more likely a viewer is to remember advertising.”

Rentrak said the index is a key component of its TV Essentials ratings system, as well as its weekly audience measurement reports.

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Scott Gilbert from The Radio Mall, December 10, 2014 at 1:44 p.m.
“The more time spent viewing, the more likely a viewer is to remember advertising.”
Unless, of course, it all gets lost in the clutter of 13 minutes of ads per hour...
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dorothy higgins from Mediabrands WW, December 10, 2014 at 1:57 p.m.

and the person who leaves the TV on the same channel while surfing the web, texting and going to the bathroom is sticky? Ha.