Nielsen Snaps Up SocialGuide

Startup's 12 employees to become part of NM Incite, Nielsen's JV with McKinsey

By Todd Spangler, Multichannel News -- Broadcasting & Cable, 11/12/2012 4:25:15 PM

Nielsen and NM Incite, the research company's joint venture with McKinsey & Co., have acquired SocialGuide, a 12-employee startup that provides social TV measurement and analytics solutions.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed. SocialGuide's employees, including founder and CEO Sean Casey, will become part of NM Incite.

New York-based SocialGuide, founded in 2010, has analyzed more than 927.8 million social TV comments made on Twitter. Those span more than 30,000 shows in English and Spanish on 234 U.S. broadcast and cable channels. The startup's system, built for linear TV, is designed to provide insight on how social interactions affect TV viewing and let networks engage with social fans in real time.

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