· In a glitch of their equipment, Nielsen said ratings for the USA Network were under-reported for five days (July 28-August 1, 2007). Nielsen said only USA ratings were affected.

Nielsen confirmed Friday that an “equipment issue” was to blame for the problems, which underreported USA Network ratings from July 28-Aug. 1. The nature of the equipment problems wasn’t clear.

It’s easy to understand why people are ambivalent, or even hostile, toward ratings. The thinking goes something like this: 1. People love the shows that they love, a lot 2. Some of these shows ...

In 2006, Nielsen let an unemployed <i>me</i> represent roughly one percent of all TV homes in L.A., and half of one percent nationally.

That is not to say that now, with college students added to the count, that Nielsen ratings are the end-all-be-all calculator of what people are watching. This is hardly the case.

In the fall of 2003, ratings and TV usage for Men 18-to-34 declined notably, the broadcast networks took issue with Nielsen. As a result, Nielsen issued a 43-page rebuttal defending the ...

Network executives believe the New York City-based company undercounted its audiences. Nielsen relies on 40,000 homes nationwide that agree to have measurement equipment installed in their ...

The Nielsen ratings are under ... It also led to the Nielsen undercounting — the company didn’t send field techs to homes to monitor the equipment — which means networks may have ...

Nielsen, whose long-held TV ratings are already under scrutiny, told TV networks it undercounted out of home audiences for months. Plus Icon Film Plus Icon TV Plus Icon What To Watch ...

Nielsen, which measures TV ratings, will begin tracking online-viewing habits A new software development kit will be released to clients in November While most people still watch TV on televisions ...

Nielsen‘s TV-industry measurement stick has regained some of its edge after an industry monitor restored accreditation to the company’s national TV ratings. The Media Rating Council, which ...