Tag: Nielsen

As the Cumulus-Nielsen saga rolls on, the biggest winners will be the lawyers and their firms.

If higher ratings will help business, this potential change will give the industry one more year to come up with a plan to either bring Nielsen’s prices down by trading cost for a less granular service, or to find and encourage competitors to come into the radio space.

"People are quick to forget, but there was undoubtedly some fatigue surrounding Chiefs-Eagles in New Orleans."

That injunction being lifted now allows Nielsen to re-enact its policy of joining national ratings with the purchase of local market data, at least temporarily.

In my view, for the sake of the industry and its future, Nielsen needs to relent, but I can’t see this happening while the company is owned by private equity.

Christmas Day saw a huge increase in viewership for Netflix, as the streaming platform showed an NFL doubleheader and the highly anticipated series finale of Stranger Things.

"The season, which featured 23 regular-season games including two Week 18 contests, averaged 16.5 million viewers per game—up 10% from 2024."

"Perhaps some of these ideas will make their way to the United States soon."

"At the end of the day, everybody knows that if you want to go and get put on [television] you still go to the SEC."

“The ruling signals a potential shift in the power dynamics of audience measurement.”