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Share of impacts

DOOH

Average % share of viewed impacts across the dimensions reported on for the campaign (e.g. Play, hour, panel, geography)

Share of time

DOOH

Average % share of total time across the dimensions reported on for the campaign (e.g. Play, hour, panel, geography)

Share-of-voice

Measures the percentage of brand awareness within a given market which a brand or organisation enjoys 
 

Short Message Service (SMS)

A messaging system that allows sending messages between devices that consist of short code. Otherwise know as a text message. 

 

SIM

Subscriber Identity Module - a removable part the mobile phone hardware that identifies the subscriber.

Simulcast

Watching an existing TV service over the internet at the same time as normal transmission.

Singleplayer

Gaming

There is one player within the game environment.

 

Site analytics

The reporting and analysis of website activity - in particular user behaviour on the site. All websites have a weblog which can be used for this purpose, but other third party software is available for a more sophisticated service.

Site tagging

A tag is a keyword or term assigned to a piece of information. This kind of metadata helps describe an item and allows it to be found again by browsing or searching.

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