TOTAL VIDEO MEASUREMENT (TVM)

The new South African video measurement currency

On 1 January 2027, the BRC replaces TAMS with Total Video Measurement (TVM): a single, independently governed currency covering television and measured online video. TVM is published daily from one fused panel, under one mandatory set of calculation and reporting rules, and is delivered through any BRC-certified software vendor. Here you will find the Executive Summary, the Methodology and Calculation and Reporting Rules, a public Q&A and a glossary — everything you need to understand how TVM works, what changes, and how to prepare. Test data is available from end-October 2026.

More information

Link Link Read the Executive Summary Link Link Visit the BRC TVM Public Q&A page Link Link Visit the BRC TVM Glossary page Link Link View the BRC TVM Certified Vendor List

Supporting documents

Download Download Download the BRC TVM Methodology document Download Download Download the BRC TVM Calculation and Reporting Rules

From test data to launch: four key dates.

BRC delivers the research, measurement and data. The market builds the commercial products and tools around it. Both are needed for the currency to work.

  • September 2026

    1

    Industry education

    TVM webinars, methodology guidance and industry preparation begin.

  • End-October 2026

    2

    TVM test data available

    TVM test data, including October 2026 data onwards, becomes available to participating software vendors and the market.

  • End-October → December 2026

    3

    Market preparation

    Industry users work with TVM test data to prepare systems, update templates and train teams ahead of launch.

  • 1 January 2027

    4

    TVM becomes the official currency

    TAMS ends. TVM becomes South Africa’s official video audience measurement currency, with Broadcaster Total TV and Total Video published as its two reporting levels.

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How does TVM work?

Watch the explainer video to learn how TVM works.

What BRC delivers — and what it does not

BRC delivers the research, measurement and data. The market builds the commercial products and tools around it. Both are needed for the currency to work.

What BRC delivers

The fused panel. A gross installed TV panel of approximately 4,200 homes with people-meters, with a net reporting panel of 3,500 homes. Router meters in approximately 25–30% of TV-panel homes capture connected-TV viewing on the big screen. Valid TV-panel data is fused daily with data from an approximately 2,000-person online panel measuring online video on personal devices.

The universes. Refreshed from the BRC Establishment Survey — individuals 4+ in TV homes for Broadcaster Total TV, individuals 15+ across the Total Video universe.

The daily currency. One fused dataset, with two reporting levels: Broadcaster Total TV and Total Video, published daily.

The mandatory rulebook. Every official TVM figure follows the BRC Calculation and Reporting Rules. This ensures consistent calculation and reporting across the market.

Software certification. Any BRC-certified vendor can deliver TVM data. Certification ensures that official TVM calculations are implemented consistently across approved software. There is no vendor lock-in.

Metadata harmonisation. BRC maintains consistent channel, platform, programme and advertising identifiers so that TVM outputs can be reported consistently across certified software.

Governance and oversight. BRC oversees the TVM methodology, standards and reporting rules through its governance and technical structures to maintain an independent, trusted industry currency.

What BRC does not deliver

AdIntel / advertising expenditure tracking. TVM is an audience-measurement currency, not a competitive-spend service. AdIntel remains a separate market service.

Commercial products and services. BRC does not develop or sell commercial planning products, dashboards or campaign tools built around TVM. These are provided competitively by broadcasters, agencies, sales houses and certified software vendors, subject to applicable TVM data-use rules.

Buy-side and sell-side trading tools. Planning, buying, scheduling, inventory management and reach-and-frequency modelling applications are built by software vendors on top of TVM data, under the mandatory rulebook.

Bespoke or client-specific reporting. BRC publishes the industry currency; custom analysis, campaign reporting and post-analysis are provided through certified software and market service providers.

Content strategy or programming advice. TVM provides measured audience data at the level supported by the currency; editorial, commissioning and programming decisions remain the responsibility of broadcasters and platforms.

News

The latest TVM news and events

BRC appoints GfK to deliver South Africa’s next-generation Total Video Measurement

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Johannesburg, September 12th — The Broadcast Research Council of South Africa (BRC) has appointed GfK (an NIQ company) to design and deploy the country’s new Total Video Measurement service, aligning the market’s currency with the way South Africans actually watch television and video today.

Read more

Where to read more

BRC TVM Methodology — the plain-English guide to the panel and the outputs; BRC TVM Calculation and Reporting Rules — the mandatory rules for every published TVM figure; Public Q&A and Glossary — accompanying references. All available at brcsa.org.za.

Broadcast Research Council of South Africa · office@brcsa.org.za

Download Download Download the BRC TVM Methodology document Download Download Download the BRC TVM Calculation and Reporting Rules Link Link Visit the BRC TVM Public Q&A page Link Link Visit the BRC TVM Glossary page Link Link Read the Executive Summary Link Link View the BRC TVM Certified Vendor List
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