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December 21, 2011 Nielsen Holdings N.V. (NYSE: NLSN), a leading global provider of information and analytics around what consumers watch and buy, and comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today announced the companies have settled their patent disputes.
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December 19, 2011 Nielsen announced that Rick Kash has been appointed Vice Chair and joins CEO David Calhoun and Vice Chair Susan Whiting in the Office of the CEO. Nielsen also named Mitchell Habib Chief Operating Officer.
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December 7, 2011 VideoHub, a division of Tremor Video, and Nielsen announced an alliance giving VideoHub customers access to Nielsen Online Campaign Ratings gross rating points (GRPs) via VideoHub for Advertisers.
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December 2, 2011
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October 30, 2011 Global online consumer confidence fell for the seventh consecutive quarter as confidence in 31 of 56 global markets measured declined, according to third quarter global online consumer confidence findings from Nielsen, a leading global provider of insights and analytics into what consumers watch and buy.
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October 28, 2011 Showcasing the growing importance of digital books to consumers and the publishing industry alike, The Wall Street Journal has expanded its relationship with Nielsen BookScan to add e-book sales reporting to its customized best-seller charts.
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October 27, 2011 Nielsen Holdings N.V. (NYSE: NLSN), a leading global provider of insights and analytics into what consumers buy and watch, today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2011.
“Nielsen’s third quarter results reflect solid revenue growth and operating performance. We continue to execute a balanced approach to strategic investment and commitment to de-leveraging.” said David Calhoun, Chief Executive Officer of Nielsen.
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October 19, 2011 Nielsen and Carrier IQ announced an alliance to measure the performance of mobile services, networks, and devices. Together, they will deliver critical insights into the consumer experience of mobile phone and tablet users worldwide, which adhere to Nielsen’s measurement science and privacy standards.
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October 10, 2011 Nielsen’s 2011 Global Online Shopping and Saving Strategies Survey of more than 25,000 Internet respondents in 51 countries show that 61 percent of global online consumers rated “good value” over “low price” (58%) as the most influential reason to shop at a particular consumer packaged goods retailer.
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October 5, 2011 It is with great sadness that Nielsen learned of the passing of Arthur C. Nielsen, Jr. ‘Art’ Nielsen was an early pioneer of the global information services industry, dedicating his life to investing in innovative ideas to understand and measure consumer purchasing and viewing behavior.
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October 3, 2011 Despite overall growth of 5.7 percent for the advertising industry in Q2 2011, ad spending fell in nearly half the world’s key markets in the second quarter of this year as economic concerns continued to impact the advertising industry, according to Nielsen’s quarterly Global AdView Pulse report released today.
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September 23, 2011 Recent trade media reportage of a Nielsen client notification on September 21 about a restatement of the Program Viewing Frequency metric in Nielsen’s NPower tool contained inaccurate facts and misleading information about the potential impact this could have on the sale of TV advertising.
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September 22, 2011 African-Americans’ buying power is expected to reach $1.1 trillion by 2015, according to The State of the African-American Consumer Report, released collaboratively by Nielsen and The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), a federation of more than 200 Black community newspapers across the U.S.
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September 22, 2011 Online, club, dollar, toy and consumer electronics retailers, as well as categories such as gift cards, technology, vacations and toys, will all perform well this season, according to Nielsen’s fourth-annual Holiday Shopping Sales Survey.
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September 7, 2011 Nielsen, a global information and measurement company, today announced that the Media Rating Council (MRC), the industry group that audits and accredits media research companies, has voted to grant accreditation to Nielsen Online Campaign RatingsTM, a new measurement system that provides overnight audience reach, frequency and Gross Rating Points (GRPs) for Internet display and video advertising.
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August 28, 2011 Concern about climate change/global warming among online consumers around the world took a back-seat to other environmental issues such as air and water pollution, water shortages, packaging waste and use of pesticides, according to Nielsen’s 2011 Global Online Environment & Sustainability Survey of more than 25,000 Internet respondents in 51 countries.
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August 24, 2011 Nielsen, the leading global provider of information and analytics around what consumers watch and buy, today announced the Media Rating Council (MRC) accreditation of its Puerto Rico television audience measurement service. Nielsen launched the ratings service on April 1, 2010.
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August 9, 2011 Nielsen has acquired Marketing Analytics, Inc., one of the pioneers of marketing mix modeling and a recognized leader in analytics and advanced planning software.
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July 28, 2011 Nielsen Holdings N.V. (NYSE: NLSN), a leading global provider of insights and analytics into what consumers buy and watch, today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2011.
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July 26, 2011 Nielsen and Kantar Media announced a multi-year agreement providing Nielsen with set top box data from Kantar Media’s DIRECTView service for use in local TV audience measurement.
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July 21, 2011 Nielsen, the leading global provider of information and analytics around what consumers watch and buy, has signed a cooperation agreement with Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, to receive and analyze sales information from Walmart’s U.S. stores.
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July 17, 2011 Global online consumer confidence declined to its lowest level in six quarters as economic recovery hit a stumbling block and recessionary jitters again reverberated around the world, according to second quarter findings of Nielsen’s Global Online Consumer Confidence Survey.
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July 8, 2011 The Company will host a conference call to discuss its results at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time on that date. A copy of the earnings release will be available on the Company’s website prior to the call.
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July 5, 2011 Global advertising rose 8.8 percent year-on-year in Q1 to total USD 118 billion based on published rate cards, as advertisers spent more on television and continued to invest in booming consumer Asian and Latin American markets.
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June 28, 2011 Women’s control over spending decisions coupled with their gains across the working world and politics, point to women of tomorrow being in a position to exert more influence than ever. Nielsen, a leading provider of insights into what consumers watch and buy, today released findings from a study that identified spending and media habits of women across continents.
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June 16, 2011 New research conducted by Nielsen Catalina Solutions for CBS Corp. shows that consumer packaged goods (CPG) marketers can increase sales with television advertising by identifying and delivering consumers based on the products they purchase at retail. These new insights build and expand on the use of demographics to provide CPG advertisers with a higher return on investment and a level of accountability not possible in the past.
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June 15, 2011 Americans are spending more time watching video on traditional TVs, mobile devices and the Internet than ever before, Nielsen reveals today in its new Cross-Platform Report.
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May 26, 2011
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May 23, 2011
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Nielsen Catalina Solutions and 4INFO Form Alliance to Launch Mobile Advertising Measurement Services May 5, 2011
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April 28, 2011
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April 18, 2011 Nielsen will report its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011 on Thursday, April 28, 2011.
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April 4, 2011 The global advertising industry climbed out of recession last year and posted a 10.6 percent year-on-year increase to USD 503 billion based on published rate cards from the Global AdView Pulse, a new report released by The Nielsen Company.
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March 4, 2011
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March 3, 2011
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March 1, 2011
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February 16, 2011
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January 26, 2011
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January 23, 2011
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January 18, 2011
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U.S. District Court Dismisses All Antitrust Claims Against The Nielsen Company In Sunbeam Litigation January 14, 2011
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January 14, 2011
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