So much for the black box.
It is the first edition of a planned semi-annual look at viewership.
The initiative aims to document the the full picture instead of the existing glimpses of only the top-performing programming.
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Its titles are also represented in Nielsens weekly snapshots.
For many years, he and other executives had come under intense criticism for operating in secrecy.
Its more on par with other parts of media that have quite accessible information about how things are performing.
Marketers have always looked for numbers verified by third parties such as Nielsen, he noted.
While it is broader in scope, youll find familiar trends.
There is an important methodology change from the Top 10, however.
Since June, Netflix has reported views, which it calculates as hours viewed divided by runtime.
Films are at an even higher disadvantage.
The top-ranking title in the new report wasThe Night Agent, with 812.1 million hours of viewing.
Were trying to entertain our members around the world.
Katie Campione contributed to this report.
