Arbitron’s PPM loses accreditation in five markets
US— The Media Rating Council has withdrawn its accreditation for Arbitron’s Portable People Meter (PPM) radio ratings in five of the country’s largest markets.
US— The Media Rating Council has withdrawn its accreditation for Arbitron’s Portable People Meter (PPM) radio ratings in five of the country’s largest markets.
US— PrecisionDemand, a media agency headed by former Nielsen executive Jon Mandel, has signed a contract with media measurement firm Rentrak to use its national and local TV ratings data.
US— Omniture co-founder Josh James has secured $20m in funding for his new venture, Domo, which supplies SaaS (software as a service) business intelligence systems.
UK— YouGov has appointed Simon Mottram (pictured) as director of financial services consulting and Rob Davis as a research manager in the media and financial services consulting divisions.
KENYA— Emerging markets research specialist D3 Systems has finalised the acquisition of a “significant” but unspecified share of the Nairobi-based business Infinite Insight.
US— The American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) will look to update their guidelines on cellphones in survey research in the next year, as a recent study indicates that nearly a third of households in the US are now […]