Updating the universe regularly ensures that the data remains up-to-date with changes happening in the TV arena, changes which are brought about by the constant addition of new households to the TV-viewing population and the inexorable move to Pay TV.
This year, in addition to the usual universe update, the total population has been updated as per the BMR figures. The SAARF TAMS household universe has increased from 9,820 000 to 10, 651 000. From January 2011, it will also weight the DStv bouquets separately.
The following tables show the current TAMS universe (2009B), the universe that will be implemented (2010A) in January 2011 and the differences between them.
| Source: AMPS 2009B - 6 months - TAMS UNIVERSE (All Adults 15+) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Non-Satellite | Satellite | |
| Females Afr/Bth | 2247963 | 1649043 | 598920 |
| Males Afr/Bth | 2107450 | 1412701 | 694749 |
| Females Eng/Oth | 1654296 | 858774 | 795522 |
| Males Eng/Oth | 1508721 | 795871 | 712850 |
| Females Ngn | 5028941 | 4184800 | 844141 |
| Males Ngn | 5010295 | 4098390 | 911905 |
| Females Sot | 4277142 | 3650755 | 626387 |
| Males Sot | 4312698 | 3590469 | 722229 |
| 26 147 506 | 20 240 803 | 5 906 703 | |
| Western Cape | 3012573 | 2388333 | 624240 |
| Northern Cape | 622174 | 506329 | 115845 |
| Free State | 1774149 | 1562249 | 211900 |
| Eastern Cape | 3489149 | 3002915 | 486234 |
| Kwazulu-Natal | 4552718 | 3352995 | 1199723 |
| Mpumalanga | 1850528 | 1474265 | 376263 |
| Limpopo | 2848639 | 2413441 | 435198 |
| Gauteng | 6243000 | 4062034 | 2180966 |
| North-West | 1754575 | 1478241 | 276334 |
| 26 147 505 | 20 240 802 | 5 906 703 | |
| lsm 1-6 | 16010343 | 15001306 | 1009037 |
| lsm 7-10 | 10137160 | 5239495 | 4897665 |
| lsm 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| lsm 2 | 518426 | 518426 | 0 |
| lsm 3 | 1176946 | 1176946 | 0 |
| lsm 4 | 3519056 | 3493739 | 25317 |
| lsm 5 | 5003005 | 4719889 | 283116 |
| lsm 6 | 5792911 | 5092306 | 700605 |
| lsm 7 | 2963569 | 2204237 | 759332 |
| lsm 8 | 2301202 | 1413149 | 888053 |
| lsm 9 | 2935370 | 1220248 | 1715122 |
| lsm 10 | 1937019 | 401862 | 1535157 |
| 26 147 504 | 20 240 802 | 5 906 702 |
| Source: AMPS 2010A - 6 months - TAMS UNIVERSE (All Adults 15+) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Non-Satellite | Satellite | |
| Females Afr/Bth | 2348479 | 1610532 | 737947 |
| Males Afr/Bth | 2247758 | 1415436 | 832322 |
| Females Eng/Oth | 1783867 | 1029708 | 754159 |
| Males Eng/Oth | 1625307 | 891805 | 733502 |
| Females Ngn | 5502777 | 4611976 | 890801 |
| Males Ngn | 5163840 | 4182377 | 981463 |
| Females Sot | 4949272 | 4151274 | 797998 |
| Males Sot | 4378967 | 3644704 | 734263 |
| 28 000 267 | 21 537 812 | 6 462 455 | |
| Western Cape | 3340860 | 2661066 | 679794 |
| Northern Cape | 541535 | 449986 | 91549 |
| Free State | 1943251 | 1604466 | 338785 |
| Eastern Cape | 3204846 | 2646480 | 558366 |
| Kwazulu-Natal | 5157005 | 3834704 | 1322301 |
| Mpumalanga | 1935055 | 1466944 | 468111 |
| Limpopo | 3217220 | 2740349 | 476871 |
| Gauteng | 6407619 | 4204403 | 2203216 |
| North-West | 2252875 | 1929412 | 323463 |
| 28 000 266 | 21 537 810 | 6 462 456 | |
| lsm 1-6 | 16678396 | 15576042 | 1102354 |
| lsm 7-10 | 11321869 | 5961767 | 5360102 |
| lsm 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| lsm 2 | 245711 | 245711 | 0 |
| lsm 3 | 1065928 | 1065928 | 0 |
| lsm 4 | 3725205 | 3697673 | 27532 |
| lsm 5 | 5221840 | 4938162 | 283678 |
| lsm 6 | 6419712 | 5628568 | 791144 |
| lsm 7 | 3495254 | 2534891 | 960363 |
| lsm 8 | 2930744 | 1792127 | 1138617 |
| lsm 9 | 2916374 | 1270774 | 1645600 |
| lsm 10 | 1979498 | 363977 | 1615521 |
| 28 000 266 | 21 537 811 | 6 462 455 |
