The present invention utilizes customer/user generated data and market
available data to provide a framework and guidance for a seller to price
advertising time and space for programs offered by a media outlet, and to
project future demand for advertising time and space. The invention
determines the number available advertising spots (avails) that exist in
a market, the projected rating of the avail, the historical advertising
avail sales price, and a reasonable target price for each avail. It
utilizes avail request information from individual advertising agency
clients, sellout data from broadcast media, together with ratings and
projections from published rating services (such as Neilsen and CMR) to
produce a series of reports that provide needed information to create
projections of future inventory, demand and pricing ranges. The reports
include avail demand and analysis reports, market blueprint reports,
market CPP tolerance reports, pricing grids, and market share trend
reports.