YouTube tops Disney and Netflix in TV viewing, Nielsen finds

YouTube tops Disney and Netflix in TV viewing, Nielsen finds

Nielsen’s latest report serves as another wake-up call that YouTube is rapidly gaining ground in the TV landscape. On Tuesday, Nielsen released its April 2025 “Media Distributor Gauge” report, which showed that YouTube has achieved a significant milestone: It has maintained the largest share of TV viewing for three consecutive months, now accounting for 12.4%…

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YouTube tops Disney and Netflix in TV viewing, Nielsen finds

YouTube tops Disney and Netflix in TV viewing, Nielsen finds

Nielsen’s latest report serves as another wake-up call that YouTube is rapidly gaining ground in the TV landscape. On Tuesday, Nielsen released its April 2025 “Media Distributor Gauge” report, which showed that YouTube has achieved a significant milestone: It has maintained the largest share of TV viewing for three consecutive months, now accounting for 12.4%…

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‘Reacher’ and YouTube Score Big in March

‘Reacher’ and YouTube Score Big in March

YouTube hit another high point in TV usage in March, and Prime Video’s Reacher flexed its considerable muscle as well. Nielsen’s monthly Gauge report on TV use in the United States has YouTube commanding 12 percent of all viewing time, the highest mark for the platform since the ratings provider began tracking that data in…

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#Nielsen’s Gracenote Unveils Program to “Streamline” FAST Channel and Content Distribution

#Nielsen’s Gracenote Unveils Program to “Streamline” FAST Channel and Content Distribution

Gracenote, a unit of Nielsen known for providing entertainment metadata and content IDs, on Tuesday unveiled a new offering to help content companies get their Free Ad-Supported Streaming (FAST) channels and programming distributed by major streaming platforms more easily. The FAST Program, which promises to “streamline” FAST initiatives, was announced at the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam….

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