The Media Rating Council approves the company's use of traditional panel sampling alongside input from millions more homes.

Nielsen's Big Data + Panel technology which includes measurement of smart-TV audiences, won backing from the Media Rating Council before the upfront

Nielsen has received accreditation for its Big Data + Panel national TV measurement from the Media Rating Council (MRC), certifying its ability to combine first-party viewership data with its panel. Why it matters: The certification better positions Nielsen to accurately capture viewership for TV networks and advertisers after the rise of media fragmentation and streaming challenged its traditional methods.

Nielsen earns MRC accreditation for its Big Data + Panel measurement solution, which includes its legacy panels and bigger data sets.

Big Data + Panel National TV Measurement combines Nielsen’s representative panel measurement with data from cable, satellite set-top boxes and smart TVs across 45 million househ

The Media Rating Council has approved the accreditation of Nielsen's Big Data + Panel TV ratings measurement. The new method for analyzing TV ratings combines the firm's panel measurement — which tracks a specific group or market's viewing habits — with data from cable,