Broadcasting & Cable - May 15, 2005

As advertisers and networks hunt for a better way to measure who’s watching which shows, the answer may be in front of them: little black boxes on TV sets around the country. Some of the largest U.S. cable operators are quietly testing a service in nearly 2 million homes that may offer the first real competitoror complementto Nielsen ratings.

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