Roku Measurement Comes To Nielsen DCR

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Roku has enabled publishers to measure channel content on Roku devices with Nielsen Digital Content Ratings (DCR).


The ratings, Nielsen and Roku note, provide access to deduplicated reach and demographic insights for channels on Roku devices to identify which programs most effectively reach key audiences.

This increase in coverage helps content owners and advertisers navigate the expanding world of TV streaming and is “a major milestone on the path to Nielsen ONE, Nielsen’s transformative, cross-media solution that will enable advertisers and publishers to transact using a single metric across linear and digital television.”

Nielsen will enable publishers to measure content across Roku’s 55.1 million active accounts (as of Q2 2021).

Nielsen Digital Content Ratings (DCR) provides audience measurement of digital content consumption, including streaming video, static web pages and mobile apps, across computer, mobile and TV streaming devices.

DCR is a census-based, panel-calibrated solution that provides syndicated, granular reach and volumetric reporting to provide advertisers and publishers.

“This strengthens the close collaboration between Roku and Nielsen,” said Lougman Parampath, VP of Product Management at Roku. “DCR’s syndicated, independent measurement provides market transparency and immediate value to our publishers around understanding audiences in their channels. This bolsters our commitment to delivering for our customers and underscores our focus to continue to be an innovator in the evolving TV streaming measurement landscape.”

Nielsen GM of Digital and Advanced TV Commercial Strategy Ameneh Atai added, “TV streaming is the wave of the future for digital video consumption, and Roku is a major player in CTV penetration,” said . “With the addition of Roku, DCR will have the capability to measure the majority of CTV platforms devices as well as provide channel partners with an understanding of their overall reach across CTV devices. Armed with these insights, media buyers and sellers can make critical decisions around ad strategies and publishers can create informed programming and content distribution strategies.”

Nielsen and Roku forged a strategic alliance earlier this year.

Furthermore, Roku acquired Nielsen’s Advanced Video Advertising (AVA) business, which includes Nielsen’s video automatic content recognition (ACR) and dynamic ad insertion (DAI) technologies.

The acquisition furthers Roku’s launch of an end-to-end DAI product for TV programmers.

“Nielsen and Roku will continue to integrate complementary Nielsen ad and content measurement products into the Roku platform and further advance Nielsen ONE, the company’s cross-media measurement solution,” the companies state.