UPDATED with statement from CBS CBS acknowledged it has reached an impasse in contract negotiations with Nielsen, saying the TV ratings service is using market clout to raise prices even as it has been slow to accurately measure different forms of viewing. The network said that Nielsen is attempting to force the media…

As 2018 draws to a close, comScore is estimating that worldwide box office will hit a record $41.7B. That would rep a 2.7% upwards shift from last year's $40.6B and mark only the second time ever that it's cracked $40B. This year's growth is largely driven by domestic which is eyeing a benchmark $11.9B, a 7% increase…

Measurement giant Nielsen Holdings has picked David Kenny as its new CEO, succeeding Mitch Barns, who had announced his retirement after 22 years at the company. Kenny will join Nielsen from IBM, where he led the tech company’s Cognitive Solutions unit and helped develop IBM Watson and lead cloud computing efforts. He…

ComScore and the National Association of Theatre Owners said Tuesday that North American box offices hit an unprecedented record $12 billion in the last 12 months for the first time. The period covers films released in theaters in the U.S. and Canada from October 2017-October 2018. This is bolstered by the success of…

When it comes to the science of dating a wide release, there are a couple of avenues a distribution head could go. One former major studio distribution boss was known for walking the halls with a calendar in his back pocket, and when another senior executive would ask him when the studio should date a film, he’d whip…

According to comScore figures this New Year’s Eve, the worldwide box office has hit a record $39.92B. That’s up 3% over 2016 and makes 2017 the highest-grossing year ever in global box office history. While domestic box office is set to ring in 2018 with a close on 2017 of $11.12B, 2.3% down from 2016’s record $11.4B…

Nielsen has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in New York seeking an injunction against a new measurement service from rival comScore that it says makes use of Nielsen’s Personal People Meter data in violation of previous agreements between the companies. In the latest legal skirmish between the audience…

ComScore continues to struggle with its accounting woes: The audience measurement company’s shares are down 4.7% in mid-day trading after it said that it has a new CFO, lost seven board members, will make a “strategic review,” and — with its financial review “more complex and time-consuming than previously anticipated&#8221…

Disney/Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 generated the most Twitter chatter following its pregame Super Bowl spot yesterday earning close to 48K conversations before the New England Patriots tied the game and finally won. While the TV spot for the May 5 summer kickoff looks like it’s all blasts, booms and belly…

ComScore’s accounting woes continue to weigh on the audience measurement company: Its shares are down nearly 26% in midday trading after it disclosed that it will not meet Nasdaq’s February 23 deadline to update its financial reports to deal with questionable “accounting judgments and estimates for transactions that…

This was supposed to be a break out year for comScore after its February acquisition of Rentrak created a digital and TV audience measurement power that some analysts thought would make it a potential rival to Nielsen. But comScore instead finds itself in Wall Street’s dog house. It announced yesterday a management…

ComScore’s disclosure today that it couldn’t meet a self-imposed deadline to file financial reports for 2015 and this year’s Q1 sent its shares plummeting 19% today, touching a three-year low. The audience measurement company says in an SEC filing that on February 19 its Audit Committee “received a message regarding…