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• Nielsen Media Research Wins TV Ratings Contract in Sweden; Swedish Industry Renews For Another Seven Years

  - 2004-06-17

  STOCKHOLM -- Nielsen Media Research, the world's leading multinational media research company and unit of VNU N.V., announced today that it has won a new, seven-year contract to provide television audience ratings in Sweden. The contract takes effect from September 2005 and runs through to August 2012.

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• Nielsen People Meters to Serve Top 10 U.S. TV Markets

  - 2003-02-24

  Business Editors NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 24, 2003 Major Broadcast & Cable Clients Support Local People Meter Rollout; Continuous Demographic Ratings Power Local TV; Nielsen Also Announces Largest-Ever Expansion of National Sample With strong backing from key broadcasting and cable clients, Nielsen Media Research announced today...

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• Optibase Sells Digital Receiver Cards to Nielsen Media Research

  - 2003-01-06

  Entertainment/Business Editors & High-Tech Writers

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• Nielsen Media Research and Ucentric Systems to Build First Multi-TV PVR Audience Measurement System for Digital Set-Top Boxes

  - 2002-12-02

  Business Editors/High-Tech Writers/Entertainment Writers NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 2, 2002 Nielsen Media Research and Ucentric Systems announced today an agreement to create television audience measurement software that will track usage of personal video recorders on multiple television sets. Many digital set-top boxes will be powered by Ucentric Multi-TV...

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• Nielsen Media Research Implements Docent Enterprise for Improved Client Education and Training

  - 2002-07-16

  Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Docent Enables Nielsen to Expand Service Offerings to Clients to Increase Client Satisfaction and Generate Additional Revenue Docent Inc. (Nasdaq:DCNT), the premier provider of business performance management solutions for Global 2000 companies, today announced that Nielsen Media Research, the leading provider of television audience...

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• South Korea Draws Largest TV Audiences for June 10-16, According to Nielsen Media Research; South Korea-Portugal is Most-Watched Match of the Week in 18 Nielsen Markets

  - 2002-06-28

  Business Editors

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• England-Argentina No.1 With World Cup Viewers; Contest Draws Highest TV Audience During Week of June 3-9, But Home-Team Matches Prove More Popular with Local Viewers

  - 2002-06-20

  Business & Entertainment Editors/Sports Writers NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--June 20, 2002 England vs. Argentina proved to be the most popular match with FIFA World Cup viewers during the week of June 3-9, capturing the largest overall audience and placing within the top five most-watched matches in each of the...

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• Nielsen Reveals Results of New Study That Investigates Television Advertising's Ability To Reach Frequent Movie-Goers

  - 2002-06-18

  Business Editors NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--June 18, 2002 Study Shows the Frequent Movie-Going Population Includes More Than 18 Million 12-34 Year Olds Advertisers who place their emphasis on television alone are potentially missing an important segment of their target audience -- primarily those in the 12-34 age...

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