Streaming's Surge Fuels Frantic Measurement Updates, but a Solution Remains Elusive

Fragmented viewership and privacy questions complicate much-needed fixes

If it wasn’t already clear from skyrocketing streaming statistics and the company-wide reorganizations that shook up executive suites across the television industry, streaming is very much the future. That means the push to bridge the measurement and currency gaps between traditional linear television and the rapidly accelerating streaming space has never been more frantic.

Firms like Nielsen and Comscore are rushing to update their measurement frameworks to account for viewership across screens as data firms double down on solving for tracking identity without cookies and in compliance with evolving privacy regulations.

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