Tag: Nielsen
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Streaming Viewership Fell in August, But This Service Made a Surprising Jump
With kids heading back to school and NFL preseason and college football ramping up on broadcast and cable TV in August, streaming services took a back seat. But one player made some surprising gains during the month. At a time when streaming usage fell by 1.6% for the month, Peacock saw its own viewership rise…
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Nielsen Backs Off of Plan to Use Amazon Data to Calculate ‘Thursday Night Football’ Ratings
Amazon will not have a say in how Nielsen calculates the ratings of its NFL “Thursday Night Football” stream after all. The TV ratings firm said on Thursday that it would continue to rely on its own traditional panel method to get its ratings, rather than incorporate data supplied by Amazon itself. The move was…
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How To Opt Out of Disney+ Nielsen Measurement
Data measurement company Nielsen measures and analyzes data it collects from consumers to better track patterns about consumer behavior for major clients such as CBS, NBCUniversal and The Walt Disney Company. Over the summer, Nielsen expanded its reporting system to better cover streaming apps. The Local Streaming Insights Quarterly Solution will be able to tell…
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The ‘Suits’ Streaming Phenom and Why the Strike Will Fuel More Classic Hits
While media giants Netflix, Disney and even Amazon throw small fortunes at creating buzzworthy original content, it’s a decade-old show about lawyers that originally ran on the USA Network that’s the talk of the streaming world. The complete dominance of Suits may not just be an aberration – with an increasingly fragmented universe of content…
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Streaming Services Are Getting Better At Helping Us Find What We Want – Do You Find it Easier to Find a Movie or Show?
One of the main complaints about streaming services has been how hard it is to find something to watch. Now, according to Nielsen’s new State of Play report that came out today, showing how cord cutters are spending less time now picking something to watch vs. 2022. According to Nielsen, the average time to find…
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Nielsen Reveals a New Way to Track Locals In The World of Streaming
Nielsen is set to release its newest report system covering over 20 local streaming TV apps. Titled Local Streaming Insights Quarterly Solution, these reports will cover the top 56 local U.S. markets, including ad-supported streaming services, subscription streaming services, as well as MVPD and vMVPD apps. “For the first time, Nielsen clients will have access…
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Tubi, Pluto TV, & The Roku Channel All Break Into The Top 10 Most Popular Streaming Services
Free streaming services are becoming even more popular as cord cutters look for cheaper options. Now according to Nielsen’s monthly platform rankings, Tubi, Pluto TV, and The Roku Channel are now all in the top 10 most popular streaming services in May 2023. According to the report, Tubi had 1.3 percent of all streaming traffic,…
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‘Moon Knight,’ ‘Bridgerton,’ ‘Turning Red’ & More Make the Nielsen Weekly Top Ten
Bridgerton holds the top spot on Nielsen’s Top Ten for the week of March 28 – April 3. Further down the list of top original shows on streaming, Marvel’s “Moon Knight” makes it debut, with the first two episodes of the series bringing in 418 million minutes watched. On the acquired titles list, Netflix continues…
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Two Movies Lead Nielsen’s Most Popular Streaming List
Three titles across the streaming services included in Nielsen’s weekly measurement crossed the 1 billion viewing minutes threshold for the week ending March 20, despite some stiff competition from March Madness. Turning Red on Disney+ was once again the top title for the week with 1.6 billion minutes, followed by The Adam Project on Netflix…
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‘Turning Red’ Leads Nielsen’s Streaming Chart with 1.7 Billion Minutes Viewed
Disney/Pixar’s latest release Turning Red reached the top spot overall on Nielsen’s streaming chart two weeks after its initial release date of February 21. The coming-of-age story clocked 1.7 billion minutes of viewership, making it the most-watched title for the week of March 7 – 13. Netflix content made up a good chunk of the…