Sunday, November 2, 2008

NPR: Univision cashes in on near monopoly power

The Nielsen ratings company no longer measures Spanish language audiences separately from the general market. Univision has been regularly beating the four major networks in some prime-time slots and during newscasts. Has Univision has been able to convert its comparatively high ratings into ad dollars?


http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96249302


My comments: reporter Felix Contreras - a friend of mine - notes the new Nielsen ratings show Univision tops in broadcast ratings in urban markets such as Los Angeles. He reports this is a trend of the growth of Spanish language viewers. But it's also a trend that English-language viewers are no longer watching broadcast but rather scattering accross the web for tv or time shifting with DVRs such as Tivo. I myself watch from abc.com or hulu.com and use tivo.

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