Press Releases
5.7% of U.S. Households – or 6.5 Million Homes – Still Unprepared for the Switch to Digital Television
NEW YORK, NY January 22, 2009 – More than 6.5 million U.S. households – or 5.7 percent of all homes — are not ready for the upcoming transition to all-digital broadcasting and would be unable to receive any television programming at all if the transition occurred today, The Nielsen...
The Nielsen Company Announces $300 Million Debt Offering
New York, New York – January 21, 2009 –The Nielsen Company B.V. (“Nielsen”) today announced that its indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries, Nielsen Finance LLC and Nielsen Finance Co., are proposing to issue $300 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2014 (the...
Advertising In Four Main Media Holds Firm In Face Of Global Economic Tremors – Quarter Three Ad Spend Up 2.9%
Amsterdam, 15th January 2009: While the tremors of the global financial crisis in mid-2008 impacted almost every industry and every region, overall global advertising markets held strong to record 2.9 percent growth in the quarter from July to September 2008 (Q3), in newspapers, magazines, TV and...
Nielsen Business Media To Launch Movieweek LA In 2010
Los Angeles, CA – January 14, 2009 – Nielsen Business Media, a part of The Nielsen Company, today announced that it will launch MovieWeek LA, an annual multifaceted industry and consumer gathering that will explore the art, craft and business of creating the moving image. The confab – which...