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Hope For Haiti Telecast Reaches 83 Million Viewers Across Multiple Networks

January 25, 2010

Roughly 83 millions viewers tuned in to at least one minute of the telethon, which was carried live on Friday January 22, 2010 from 8:00PM to approximately 10:00PM on 33 networks.

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Canadian Consumers Confident as 2010 Gets Underway

January 25, 2010

Over the past six months, Canadian consumers have stopped talking about recession and changed the conversation to recovery.

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Survey: Global Facebook Users Generous Texters for Haiti, but Unprepared Themselves

January 22, 2010

Thirty-nine percent of Facebook users in the U.S., U.K. and Australia have already donated to the Haitian earthquake relief efforts. Another 21 percent still plan to do so, according to a joint survey conducted by Facebook and Nielsen.

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Led by Facebook, Twitter, Global Time Spent on Social Media Sites up 82% Year over Year

January 22, 2010

As sites like Twitter and Facebook continue to grow, global consumers spent more than five and half hours on social networking sites in December 2009.

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Networks Air Over 43,000 Hours of Sports Event Coverage in 2009

January 21, 2010

National broadcast and cable TV networks aired over 43,700 hours of sporting events in the U.S. last year, according to new statistics released in Nielsen’s report on “The Changing Face of Sports Media.” Nielsen also found that advertisers spent an estimated $7.6 billion on sports programming alone in 2009.

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Most Recalled Hybrid TV Ads of 2009

January 20, 2010

Nielsen IAG compiled a list of the most recalled hybrid ads (where sponsor messaging is combined with program or entertainment content) for 2009.

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Survey: Most Super Bowl Viewers Tune in for the Commercials

January 20, 2010

The majority of Super Bowl viewers enjoy the game’s ads more than the action on the field, according to results of a recent survey by The Nielsen Company.

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From Buzz to Sales: The Impact of the UK’s “X-Factor”

January 20, 2010

The Nielsen Company revealed the impact that a performance on the Sunday Results programme of the UK series X Factor had on digital download sales (online and mobile), online buzz and radio airplay for the special guest stars promoting a track.

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Social Media and Mobile Texting a Major Source of Info and Aid for Earthquake in Haiti

January 15, 2010

In the wake of Tuesday’s devastating 7.0 earthquake in Haiti, much of what people around the world are learning is coming from social media sources, according to The Nielsen Company.

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Top U.S. Web Brands and Site Usage: December 2009

January 14, 2010

The Nielsen Company today reported December 2009 data for the Top Parent Companies/Divisions and Top Web Brands, as well as average Internet usage.

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