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The percentage of business that an HMO is able to capture in a particular subscriber group or in the market area as a whole. For example, signing up 10 enrollees or members out of 100 eligibles yields a 10 percent penetration.
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In cable, the proportion of homes subscribing to cable, measured as a percentage of the total number of TV households in a specific area.
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Much the same as incidence, but usually applied to households, whereas incidence usually refers to people: e.g. "the penetration of television is 90% of households" but "the incidence of AIDS is 1% of people." Also called Saturation.
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The percentage of people( or homes ) within a defined universe that are physically able to be exposed to a medium.
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The percentage of people or households exposed to a specific advertising campaign with a mass medium.
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The extent to which a certain medium reaches a market or target group.
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The extent to which a newspaper advertisement reaches a particular audience. Usually expressed as a percentage of the total audience.
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(=Market Penetration)
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The proportion of persons or homes that can physically be exposed to a medium.
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The proportion of a potential market that is actually using a particular brand
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The percentage of households in a given population using a product or receiving a service. For example, the proportion of television households to total households in an area.
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A marketing concept that describes the proportion of a market or population that has contracted for services with an MCO; the percentage of possible enrollees accessing care.
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The percentage of people (or homes) within a defined universe that are capable of being exposed to a medium. (Often cable TV is reported in these terms as there are still places that cable TV is not yet available).
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The exit concentration of a given particulate or gas from an air cleaning device, expressed as percentage of inlet concentration, i.e. 99.99% efficiency = .010% penetration (100% - 99.99% = .010%).
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The percentage of a market that a medium or an individual media vehicle reaches. Alternatively, the percentage of the market that a particular marketing message reaches, regardless fo the media vehicles used. Contributed by: MarcommWise Staff
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Generally, a marketing concept which describes what proportion of a given market or population has contracted for services with a specific MCO.
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The percentage of persons (homes) that are physically able to be exposed to a medium or the percentage of households who buy a brand or category
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maximum percentage of population reached by a single broadcaster or medium
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The ability of an electron to get close to the nucleus and experience a high proportion of the nuclear charge.
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The number of homes actually served by cable in a given area, expressed as a percentage of homes passed (cable penetration in November 1998 was 67.4 percent nationwide).
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The number of individuals who are actually exposed to the advertising medium.
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The percentage of total homes or people in a specified area who are physically able to be exposed to a medium or who purchase a give product or service.
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See "household penetration."
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A formula demonstrating the occupancy rate of a specific site, in comparison to occupancy rates for the entire market. To calculate, the occupancy rate for a subject property is divided by the occupancy rate for the entire market. The result is expressed as a percentage.
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The number of Households in a given geographic area that are wired and can receive cable. This number is shown as a percent of total households in the entire geography.
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It is the percentage of the market that a medium or a particular marketing message reaches.
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market share held by a given firm or product within a specific market or industry.
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The percentage of the total population which owns a mobile phone Phone book
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Ratio of the number of cable customers to the total number of households passed by the system.
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The percentage of people or homes within a defined universe, physically able to watch a channel
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