More households tuned in to see Sen. Barack Obama's half-hour political advertisement on NBC than on any of the other major broadcast networks that ran the ad last night. NBC drew a 6.7 rating/11 share in households of 56 metered markets, according to preliminary Nielsen Media Research data. The...
Despite the public’s thirst for stories and videos on Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, the speeches from the Democratic National Convention pulled in 50% more online video views than those from the Republican National Convention. That’s the conclusion of a report released today by...
The speech by Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday has been viewed more than 1.3 million times online in less than 48 hours. That accounts for views across the Web, with most coming from YouTube, according to online video measurement firm...
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Sen. Barack Obama’s historic speech Thursday, accepting the presidential nomination during the Democratic National Convention, brought in 38 million viewers across 10 networks, setting a convention record. Last night’s speech bested its closest competitor, day four of the 1992 DNC, by more than 10 million...
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Barack Obama’s presidential acceptance speech on Thursday, not surprisingly, brought in the biggest ratings of the Democratic National Convention. NBC’s coverage of the speech from Invesco Field in Denver landed a 5.0 rating/8 share, according to Nielsen Media Research preliminary overnight household...
Interest in Sen. Hillary Clinton’s speech regarding party unity helped boost ratings during the second night of the Democratic National Convention Tuesday. NBC, ABC and CBS reported substantial gains over Monday’s hour of coverage of Michelle Obama's speech. In 56 metered markets, NBC brought in...
ABC’s “Nightline” will air a never-before-seen interview with Sen. Barack Obama on Wednesday night. The exclusive interview with Ted Koppel took place hours before the 2004 Democratic National Convention in 2004, at which Sen. Obama made a well-received speech. Wednesday’s “Nightline” will chronicle...