Nielsen, the specialist in audience measurement, data and analytics, has released data demonstrating how the Hispanic population is influencing the US sports landscape. In the report Fanáticos: Nielsenʼs playbook on Hispanic audiences, sports and media engagement, Nielsen spotlights how Latinos are driving higher engagement than ever before to sporting events, and bringing along all US […]

Gracenote, the content solutions business unit of Nielsen, has launched Gracenote Watch Prompts, a new dataset that equips video platforms and services with facts about TV programmes and movies to influence consumer viewing decisions. Designed to be paired with viewer preference and consumption behaviour data, the new offering enables customers to deliver more personalised viewer […]

Revry, the LGBTQ+ streaming network, has announced the release of a study conducted in collaboration with Nielsen, revealing significant findings about the purchasing behaviours, brand loyalty, and advertising perceptions of LGBTQ+ consumers in the grocery and household items market. The study, conducted in June 2024 as part of the Revry LGBTQ+ Streaming Audience Insights powered […]

Streaming made TV history for a second consecutive month in the US in July 2024 as it notched the most dominant performance by a single viewing category ever in Nielsen’s The Gauge report, accounting for 41.4 per cent of TV viewing. Streaming levels were over 5 per cent higher in July compared to June, leading […]

In Netflix’s second year of Upfront negotiations – after entering the advertising business in 2023 – the streamer said it closed deals with all major holding companies as well as independent agencies, and reported a 150+ per cent increase in upfront ad sales commitments, which was “in-line with expectations”. Amy Reinhard, President of Advertising at […]

Nielsen, the specialist in audience measurement, data and analytics, and Innovid, an independent advertising platform for the delivery, personalisation and measurement of converged TV, have announced their collaboration with the aim to bring simplicity and enhanced enablement to ad measurement. By leveraging Innovid’s ad serving infrastructure to access Nielsen ONE, Nielsen and Innovid aim to provide […]

Americans spend almost 20 per cent of every day with audio, reports Nielsen. In Q2 2024 that translated to 4 hours and 5 minutes of daily listening across both ad-supported and ad-free platforms like radio, podcasts, streaming music services and satellite radio, accoridng to The Record – a quarterly look at how US audiences divide […]

Nielsen’s The Gauge report for June shows 40.3 per cent of time spent watching TV in the US in June was attributable to streaming. Pure-play streamers like Netflix and YouTube saw the most benefit from a big streaming month. Time spent watching YouTube on television was up 4.2 per cent in June to push the […]

Nielsen has announced that Jared Grusd has been named Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Gracenote, effective immediately. Grusd will lead Gracenote in driving product development as Nielsen continues to advance its Convergent TV strategy. As part of this transition, Sujit Dasmunshi will assume the role of Chief Operating Officer for Gracenote and will continue to […]

Samba TV, the TV data company, has announced an expansion of its partnership with Havas Media Network North America (HMN NA). Samba data now powers the Havas Media Meaningful Rating Point (MRP) product for cross-platform planning and measurement, and Samba audience targeting segments are also now available for US clients in HMN’s Converged platform. Converged […]