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TV ratings shake-up challenges Nielsen

By Kenneth Li in New York

Published: August 13 2009 23:45 | Last updated: August 13 2009 23:45

Top US media companies and marketers have created a consortium to challenge the dominant force in TV audience measurement.

Nielsen controls the measurement of US audiences through the polling of 18,000 homes, where viewer habits are measured by clicks of a special remote control.

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