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TelevisaUnivsion, Nielsen Squabble Over Single Household That Appears to Skew Spanish-TV Ratings (EXCLUSIVE)
TelevisaUnivison and Nielsen are arguing over the use of a single southeastern household that appears to be causing big skews in Spanish-TV ratings
Executives at TelevisaUnivision are livid about a quirk in Nielsen’s process of tabulating the audiences for Spanish-language TV that they say is giving rival Telemundo a significant boost in estimates of young male viewers tuning into news shows and other programming, And Nielsen’s extrapolation of that home’s activity has created inaccurate audience estimates that TelevisaUnivision believes could hurt its prospects heading into the “upfront” market, when U.S. media companies try to sell the bulk of their commercial inventory ahead of their next cycle of programming. During the coronavirus pandemic, complaints about Nielsen undercounting audiences spurred a loss of accreditation for its national ratings service for months; it has since been regained.
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