http://www.agbnielsen.com/news/news.asp This feed contains the news articles published on the AGB Nielsen Media Research corporate website home page. http://www.agbnielsen.com/img/logo.gif http://www.agbnielsen.com http://www.agbnielsen.com/news/news.asp?id=466&mode=full&newstype=G 25/9/2009 AGB Nielsen Media Research The latest issue of the AGB Nielsen Media Research TAMWise Newsletter has been published and is available to be downloaded. Please click here to access the TAMWise download page. http://www.agbnielsen.com/news/news.asp?id=441&mode=full&newstype=G 17/2/2009 Australia Regional Television Audience Measurement announced the renewal of its TV Ratings service with AGB Nielsen Media Research to run for an additional 6 years, commencing from 2010. http://www.agbnielsen.com/news/news.asp?id=438&mode=full&newstype=G 15/1/2009 Ireland Following a thorough assessment of the company's business practices in research, administration and quality control, AGB Nielsen Media Research Ireland has been awarded the highly acclaimed ISO 20252. http://www.agbnielsen.com/news/news.asp?id=433&mode=full&newstype=G 11/11/2008 AGB Nielsen Media Research The Nielsen Company and WPP have today jointly announced that they have signed a definitive agreement to swap certain assets. http://www.agbnielsen.com/news/news.asp?id=432&mode=full&newstype=G 29/10/2008 Ireland Television Audience Measurement Ireland has awarded AGB Nielsen Media Research a further five year contract to supply television audience measurement for the Irish markets. The extension begins in September 2010. http://www.agbnielsen.com/news/news.asp?id=415&mode=full&newstype=G 25/8/2008 China August 24th has been, and with it, the close of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The main event, the closing ceremony, brought viewers a very different feeling from the opening ceremony - farewell. According to data from AGB Nielsen Media Research, 80% of Chinese families watched this event. http://www.agbnielsen.com/news/news.asp?id=414&mode=full&newstype=G 23/8/2008 China The audience ratings for the live broadcast of the Women's Shadowboxing Finals, a martial arts competition, earned a place in the top 20 list at 1.02%. Although many did not expect martial arts performances to be broadcast live, the competitions received much support at noon. According to AGB Nielsen Media Research, six martial arts events were broadcast by CCTV-2 including free-strike, boxing, fencing and shadowboxing http://www.agbnielsen.com/news/news.asp?id=412&mode=full&newstype=G 21/8/2008 China The audience ratings for CCTV-1's live broadcast of the Women's Shot Put Finals topped the track and field ranking at 5.8%. The Semifinals of the 110m Hurdles Race and the Men's 200m Final also attracted a large audience as a result of the awe-inspiring performance from Bolt. http://www.agbnielsen.com/news/news.asp?id=404&mode=full&newstype=G 20/8/2008 China Halfway through the 2008 Olympic Games, Chinese TV audiences are demonstrating strong interest in the competitions and events. Olympic programs on CCTV have drastically affected the behaviors of the Chinese viewers. Three specific trends emerged among Chinese viewers: first, equal attention from urban and rural audiences; second, the viewer rates peak during the day; and three, increased willingness to share these programmes with families and friends. http://www.agbnielsen.com/news/news.asp?id=403&mode=full&newstype=G 20/8/2008 China The Chinese Gymnastic Team completed their tour of the Beijing 2008 Olympics with a new record. As the data of AGB Nielsen Media Research shows, nearly 60% of Chinese TV audiences witnessed their journey of obtaining 9 gold medals. http://www.agbnielsen.com/news/news.asp?id=393&mode=full&newstype=G 19/8/2008 China As Liu Xiang left the spotlight, the Chinese audiences turned away from televisions with depression and regret. From 11:00 on the morning of Aug 18th, the audience rate of Men's 110 Hurdles Race climbed high. At 11:55, Liu Xiang left the game hurt, and the audience rating dropped down in no time. http://www.agbnielsen.com/news/news.asp?id=390&mode=full&newstype=G 18/8/2008 China Phelps realized his dream of eight gold medals with the advantage of 0.01 second on August 17th. However, the Chinese audiences obviously paid more attention to Yao Ming. During the 4 preliminary stages of Chinese Men's Basketball, more than 44% of TV audiences watched the 4 games to witness the hardship that the Chinese basketball team went through, far more than the number of audiences watching Phelps on TV. http://www.agbnielsen.com/news/news.asp?id=391&mode=full&newstype=G 17/8/2008 China The 2008 Beijing Olympics have greatly affected the audiences of China; meanwhile, TV was pushing forward the audience activities to understand their focus of Olympic events. http://www.agbnielsen.com/news/news.asp?id=392&mode=full&newstype=G 16/8/2008 China The Chinese Women's Volleyball team maintained their number one place in the top 10 list for TV ratings for the fourth time in their game on August 13th, becoming an audience rate legend in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. According to data from AGB Nielsen Media Research, male and female audiences show significant differences in their preference of Olympic Games coverage. http://www.agbnielsen.com/news/news.asp?id=383&mode=full&newstype=G 14/8/2008 China The Chinese Women's Volleyball team climbed to the number one spot in the top 10 list for TV ratings in their game on August 13th, beating out the Men's football game that was aired in the same time slot. http://www.agbnielsen.com/news/news.asp?id=380&mode=full&newstype=G 13/8/2008 China Top 10 Olympic Events on Aug. 12 http://www.agbnielsen.com/news/news.asp?id=378&mode=full&newstype=G 13/8/2008 China TV Ratings and Reach for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony for 21 countries where AGB Nielsen Media Research operates. http://www.agbnielsen.com/news/news.asp?id=368&mode=full&newstype=G 12/8/2008 China Following their initial climb to the number one spot in the audience ratings list in their match against Venezuela on August 9th, the Chinese Women's Volleyball team managed to maintain their first place rank through August 11th. On their road to claim the gold medal, the Chinese Women's Volleyball team is gaining momentum, and is beginning to attract attention from all over the nation. http://www.agbnielsen.com/news/news.asp?id=367&mode=full&newstype=G 11/8/2008 China The live and replayed broadcasting of Olympics events by China's state broadcaster, the CCTV Olympics channels, substantially increased TV audience viewing; total audience of CCTV-1, CCTV-2, CCTV-Olympics and CCTV-7 grew an astronomical 45% as compared to prior events (August 5th). http://www.agbnielsen.com/news/news.asp?id=359&mode=full&newstype=G 7/8/2008 South Korea AGB Nielsen Media Research has globally launched LiveRatings, their innovative system for TAM data delivery, in South Korea on the 9th July 2008. http://www.agbnielsen.com/news/news.asp?id=341&mode=full&newstype=G 27/5/2008 United Kingdom ISO 20252 is the new international standard for organisations and professionals conducting market, opinion and social research. It establishes Industry terms and definitions as well as the service requirements. http://www.agbnielsen.com/news/news.asp?id=328&mode=full&newstype=G 31/3/2008 China AGB Nielsen Media Research China has finished the panel extension in Hunan Province as at the end of March 2008 and has begun to release the data of Changsha, the capital of the province.  http://www.agbnielsen.com/news/news.asp?id=330&mode=full&newstype=G 30/3/2008 Venezuela AGB Nielsen Media Research Venezuela has reached a full service agreement with the Ministry of Communications of Venezuela. http://www.agbnielsen.com/news/news.asp?id=329&mode=full&newstype=G 30/3/2008 Italy The contract has been concluded with Auditel for the installation of the UNITAM system for the entire panel. http://www.agbnielsen.com/news/news.asp?id=320&mode=full&newstype=G 6/3/2008 China Giovanni Fabris, Fabris Media, underlines the importance of AGB Nielsen Media Research's TAM system reporting from a national sample, and the business value it generates. http://www.agbnielsen.com/news/news.asp?id=307&mode=full&newstype=G 8/1/2008 Australia Australian TV audience ratings supplier OzTAM is to begin reporting time-shifted FTA TV viewing from Feb 2010, following trials with the UNITAM peoplemeter. http://www.agbnielsen.com/news/news.asp?id=308&mode=full&newstype=G 1/1/2008 China An update on the 4th Quarter 2007.