Amazon, Nielsen disagree on Thursday Night Football viewership; does it even matter?
Ratings discourse tends to be an exercise in separating noise from other noise.
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Thursday Night Football will be first streaming-service show measured in Nielsen weekly TV report
"This is a huge testament to the role Nielsen plays. It demonstrates the importance of our ratings in the media ecosystem."
Estimate suggests Nielsen’s out-of-home undercounting cost networks a minimum of $350 million
This is not good news for the embattled Nielsen service.
NBC will test a Nielsen competitor for the Super Bowl and the Olympics
NBCUniversal reportedly hopes to use the data for spring upfront sales.
Nielsen admits to undercounting “out-of-home” viewers for more than a year
TV executives were already sour on Nielsen. That sentiment isn't likely to change now.
ESPN was in 76 million households at the end of Disney’s fiscal 2021, down eight million from the previous year
While linear ESPN saw large losses, ESPN+ added almost 7 million subscribers.
After network complaints, Nielsen will stick to original out-of-home measurement plan this fall
Networks clearly weren't happy at the prospect of having to renegotiate ad sales for the fall amidst the current pandemic.
TV execs are reportedly trying to get leagues and networks not to release overnights this fall thanks to Nielsen OOH changes
Overnight sports ratings may not be available this fall if these executives are successful.
After Nielsen underreports Chicago’s ESPN 1000 ratings, station blasts their streaming methodology as ‘inadequate at best’
Nielsen failed to include the station's streaming simulcast numbers in a recent report, the latest snafu involving their tracking technology.
April cable coverage estimates show further sports drops, especially at NFL Network and MLB Network
NFL Network has lost an estimated 4.4 million subscribers since August 2018, and an estimated 7.9 million since February 2017.
Nielsen coverage estimates for September see gains at ESPN networks, NBCSN, and NBA TV, drops at MLBN and NFLN
The latest Nielsen coverage estimates show ESPN's networks gaining a bit, but some losses for MLB Network and NFL Network.
August cable coverage estimates show continued drops for ESPN, NBCSN, FS1, a big one at BTN, and some notable ESPNU data
ESPN (-290,000), NBCSN (-224,000) and FS1 (-147,000) all lost subscribers from July to August. BTN saw a big drop (-350,000). ESPNU (-632,000) saw the biggest month-to-month loss, but received a non-linear boost.
May cable coverage estimates show big drops for ESPN, FS1, NBCSN, and league networks
Every sports network lost subscribers from April to May as per Nielsen's estimates, and many were hit quite hard.
