On Thursday, September 8, 2011, President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress with his agenda for creating jobs in the U.S. The speech was carried live from approximately 7:00PM-8:00PM EDT on 11 networks. The sum of the average audience for those networks was 31,439,080 viewers, with a combined household rating of 20.9.

On Monday, March 28, 2011, President Obama delivered an address on the status of the American involvement in Libya. The address was carried live from approximately 7:30 PM- 8:00 PM on 8 networks. The sum of the average audience for those networks was 25,636,310 viewers, with a combined household rating of 16.9. The networks carrying the address included ABC, CBS, NBC, TEL, CNN, CNBC, FOXNC, and MSNBC.

Last month, American TV viewers were exposed to almost 1.48 million political ads, up from the 1.41 million political ads aired in October 2008 (the last major presidential election year), according to data released today by Nielsen.

On Tuesday, November 2, 2010 broadcast and cable networks provided coverage of the 2010 mid-term elections. The figure below represents the combined average audience estimate from 9:00pm-11:00pm. The networks include ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, UNI, CNN, Fox News and MSNBC.

An unflattering and off-script take on his gubernatorial opponent helped drive Jerry Brown’s overall on-air and online exposure last week.

The two Sunshine State candidates dominate opponents in the midterm election ad wars.

Australians’ use of mobile phones to access mobile news sites has reached record levels in the wake of the country’s closest ever election result, according to the latest mobile traffic figures from The Nielsen Company.

Nearly five and half million homes – roughly 6.5 million viewers – tuned into “The View” on July 29 to see the interview with President Barack Obama.

China’s growth in online advertising continues at a quick pace, reaching 4.06 billion RMB in the first quarter of 2010 – a 52.7% increase over the same period in 2009.

More than 48 million viewers across 34 million homes tuned into to President Obama’s State of the Union address which was broadcast on 11 networks.