Nielsen announced that its Local People Meter (LPM) market service and Set Meter measurement services in 19 of 31 U.S. Set Meter markets have been granted continued accreditation by the Media Rating Council (MRC).* This marks a significant achievement for Nielsen because these services now include Portable People Meter (PPM) measurement, which Nielsen began incorporating as part of its Local Transformation initiative in October 2019. Additionally, Nielsen announced that its National People Meter (NPM) service has received continued MRC accreditation.
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This accreditation also includes household and persons-level estimates where Nielsen’s Viewer Assignment (VA) methodology is deployed, which is in 19 Set Meter + PPM markets, as well as in its national ratings service, thus signaling the MRC’s formal acceptance of Nielsen’s execution of the VA methodology.
Nielsen is the only company to be accredited for both local and national TV ratings services, and the inclusion of PPM for TV measurement brings increased size and stability to its panel. Now more than ever, it is important for media owners and marketers with both national and local footprints to have the confidence in their data-based decisions to efficiently capitalize on audiences, reach their best consumer and drive return on investment.
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“We congratulate Nielsen on achieving this important milestone in the transformation of its TV measurement,” said George W. Ivie, Executive Director and CEO of the MRC. “Even more importantly, we look forward to working with Nielsen in its ongoing work to continuously improve the quality of these and other services in its measurement product portfolio, and to provide the transparency into these services that is required by the industry to have the confidence it needs in how well its advertising and programming investments are measured.”
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