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U.K. Government Demands Netflix, Amazon Reveal Viewership Data

Megan Basham
U.K. Government Demands Netflix, Amazon Reveal Viewership Data
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While ratings for traditional broadcast and cable networks are widely known thanks to services like Nielsen Media Research, since their inception, streaming platforms like Amazon and Netflix have kept their viewership data closely guarded. Entertainment reporters typically have no choice but to take the streamers’ words for it as to the popularity of their films and series.

The U.K. Government now wants that to change, at least for shows it had a hand in.

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