This is the fifth in a series of articles about some of the findings from the 2011 Big Broadcast Survey (BBS), a global study of broadcast industry trends, technology purchasing plans, and benchmarking of broadcast technology vendor brands. More than 8,000 people in 100+ countries took part in the 2011 BBS, making it the largest and most comprehensive market study ever done in the broadcast industry.
Each year, as part of the Big Broadcast Survey (BBS), we ask broadcast professionals worldwide to rank a variety of technology vendor brands on a wide range of metrics. We use this information to create a series of reports, which through benchmarking and industry league tables” enable each vendors to understand its position in the market relative to their the industry as a whole as well as their direct competitors.
In a previous article we wrote about the 2011 BBS Overall Brand Opinion League Table, which shows how our global sample of broadcast professionals ranked 118 broadcast vendor brands in terms of their overall opinion of these vendors.
While it’s great for a vendor to be named to the top 30 for overall opinion, these rankings may be seen as somewhat one-sided because they rely primarily on the positive opinions of respondents. In order to get a better understanding of how broadcast technology vendor brands are perceived, it is necessary to look at both the positive and negative opinions of brands, and to take into account how these opinions have changed over time.
To achieve this, we first determine whether a respondent has an opinion of a brand, and then ask them how their opinion of that brand has changed over time – i.e. has it improved, declined or stayed the same.
When compared to the previously published ranking of overall opinions of brands, this methodology provides a more comprehensive picture of how a brand is perceived because it shows both the positive and negative opinions of each brand.
Sometimes these results highlight some interesting perceptions about brands. Take for example the chart below, which is from our 2009 study.
In this case the brand that was top for “got better” was also top for “got worse.”
Given these results, it is perhaps more useful to find the Net Change in Overall Opinion for each brand, which is calculated by using the following formula:
GB-GW/# of total respondents = Net Change in Brand Image
In other words, the percentage of respondents who said a brand “got worse” is subtracted from the percentage of respondents who said their opinion of a brand had “got better” (ignoring the “stayed the same” number).
This takes into account both the positive and negative perceptions of brands, along with how these opinions have changed over time. It also presents a more balanced view of which brands are getting better and which are getting worse in the minds of market participants.
Because some brands are polarizing (as seen in the example above), it’s possible that a strong “got better” response might be cancelled ut by a strong “got worse” response. As a result some companies who were rated in the top 30 on just the “got better” score were not included in the global or regional top 30 because their high “got worse” score dragged down their overall result. At the same time, a few of the companies with high “got worse” scores still made the top 30 list because these negative scores were cancelled out by even higher “got better” scores.
In order to arrive at the Net Change in Overall Opinion, research participants were asked whether their opinion of various brands had “got better”, “got worse” or “stayed the same” over the past 2-3 years.
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The results of this enquiry are shown below in two ways:
- An overall industry “league table” that shows the 30 highest ranked vendors for the metric “Net Change of Overall Opinion.” The data in this chart is broken out globally and regionally.
- An analysis of the “frequency” of appearance in the “Net Change of Overall Opinion” league table.”
The top 30 ranked brands for Net Change of Overall Opinion are shown below for both the global sample of all respondents as well as for all respondents in each of the geographic regions.
In all cases, these results are shown in alphabetical order, NOT in the order in which they were ranked by respondents to the study.
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2011 BBS Net Chage in Overall Opinion League Table:
A total of 51 broadcast technology vendor brands are included in this table, illustrating the geographic variation of opinion.
In terms of frequency of appearance in this table:
- 13 brands appear four times, meaning they were ranked in the top 30 globally and in each geographic region
- 10 brands appear three times
- 9 brands appear two times
- 19 brands appear one time which demonstrates that some brands are strongest in one geographic area
Analysis of the data shows that are some clear market leaders on a global basis, while others are strong on a regional basis.
A breakdown of how many times each company appears in the ranking shows how many times each brand appears in the chart above.
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Brands appearing four times in the 2011 BBS Net Change of Overall Opinion League Table:
- Adobe, Aja Video, Apple, Blackmagic Design, Canon, Cisco, Genelec, Omneon, Panasonic, Riedel, Sennheiser, Sony, Tektronix
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Brands appearing three times in the 2011 BBS Net Change of Overall Opinion League Table:
- Ateme, Evertz, EVS, Harmonic, Net Insight, Rhozet, Rohde & Schwarz, Ross Video, Shure, Vizrt
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Brands appearing two times in the 2011 BBS Net Change of Overall Opinion League Table:
- AKG, Digital Rapids, Dolby, Ensemble, Front Porch Digital, Lawo, Telestream, TVIPS, Wohler
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Brands appearing once in the 2011 BBS Net Change of Overall Opinion League Table:
- AmberFin, Audio-Technica ,Avid, Fujinon, Grass Valley, Harris, Inlet Technologies, Linear, Linear Acoustic, Miranda, MSA Focus,
Nevion, Playbox, PubliTronic, Schoeps, Screen Service, Solid State Logic, Telecast, Yamaha
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Frequency Analysis of the Brands in the in the 2011 BBS Net Change of Overall Opinion League Table:
In order to provide a better understanding of which brands were most highly ranked in each geography, the data has been provided in the
table below, which shows the global and regional performance for each brand in the top 30 ranking of overall opinion.
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Frequency Analysis of Brands in the 2011 BBS Net Change of Overall Opinion League Table
This frequency analysis chart shows that there are some interesting geographic variations in the data. Here’s a closer look at how brands appeared by geography:
Appearing in the top 30 “overall opinion” ranking globally + one region
Eight brands managed to achieve a top 30 ranking in theglobal overall opinion league table, despite being in the top 30 of only one of the three geographic regions.
- Digital Rapids, Ensemble, EVS, Front Porch Digital, Lawo, Net Insight, Telestream, T-VIPS
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Appearing in the top 30 “overall opinion” ranking in one region
The following 18 brands did not make the top 30 in the global league table of overall opinion, but they did appear in the top 30 overall opinion ranking in one of the geographic regions:
- AmberFin, Audio-Technica, Avid, Fujinon, Grass Valley, Inlet Technologies, Linear, Linear Acoustic, Miranda, MSA Focus, Nevion, Playbox, PubliTronic, Schoeps, Screen Service, Solid State Logic, Telecast, Yamaha
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Appearing in the top 30 “overall opinion” ranking only in EMEA
- AmberFin, Fujinon, Inlet Technologies, Linear Acoustic, Nevion, PubliTronic, Screen Service
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Appearing in the top 30 “overall opinion” ranking only in Asia-Pacific
- Avid, Grass Valey, Harris, Miranda, MSA Focus, Playbox, Schoeps, Yamaha
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Appearing in the top 30 “overall opinion” ranking only in the Americas
- Audio-Technica, Linear, Solid State Logic, Telecast, Wohler
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Please keep in mind when reviewing this information that all data these charts are presented in alphabetical order, not in the order brands were ranked by respondents to the 2011 BBS. Also, the charts in this posting measure the responses of all non-vendor participants in the 2011 BBS respondents, regardless of their company type, company size, geographic location, job title and budget for broadcast technology products. Finally please note that this study evaluated a total of 118 brands.
In order to get full value from this data, it is necessary to evaluate these results on a granular basis. If you would like more information, please contact Devoncroft Partners.
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This article is based on the findings from the 2011 Big Broadcast Survey (BBS), a global study of industry trends, technology purchasing behavior and the opinion of vendor brands. With more than 8,000 people in 100+ countries participating, the 2011 BBS is the largest and most comprehensive market study ever done in the broadcast industry.
Devoncroft Partners has published a variety of reports from 2011 BBS data. For more information, please get in touch.
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Related Content:
Ranking Broadcast Technology Vendors Part 1 – the 2011 BBS Overall Brand Opinion League Table
Where is Money Being Spent in the Broadcast Industry in 2011? The 2011 BBS Broadcast Industry Global Project Index
Tracking Changes in Broadcast Industry Trends — 2011 Versus 2010
Broadcast Industry’s Most Comprehensive Market Study Reveals Top Trends of 2011
More Information About the 2011 Big Broadcast Survey from Devoncroft Partners
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