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Nielsen-Killers? Competition For Other TV Ad Metrics Services Heats Up

And they're off! Wall Street Journal's Jessica Vascellaro analyzes the race to beat what she calls "television-measurement juggernaut Nielsen Co." in tracking viewership of TV ads. Changes in consumer viewing habits and the growth of digital set-top boxes that "record viewership data directly" have opened opportunities for smaller companies like Rentrak and Simulmedia, she writes.

There's also TiVo, whose free site,tivo.com/ad-scorecard, compares audience retention during commercials for several weeks by brand.

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1 comment about "Nielsen-Killers? Competition For Other TV Ad Metrics Services Heats Up".
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  1. John Grono from GAP Research, February 8, 2011 at 6:42 a.m.

    Set-top boxes record tuning on sets and not viewing by people.

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