Nielsen “Sees no OTT, hears no OTT, speaks nothing about OTT”

We think Nielsen should change its names to the Three Wise Monkeys. Whenever it puts out a statement about the health of the TV market, masquerading as “research” it continues to see no evil, hear no evil and has specifically failed to “speak” of any evil happening either. You can replace the word evil with the expression OTT video if you like, and it helps you get the picture. Every now and then there is a headline – usually attributed to a Nielsen report – that reminds everyone that the most influential media type is broadcast TV, and this week had another instance of it. It’s not just sad, but unhelpful to stimulate such headlines. This time it was courtesy…