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Nielsen Sports to Measure the Purchasing Power of Summer Olympic Fans


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New York, NY, June 5, 2007—Nielsen Sports today announced it will expand its existing FANLinks™ service to capture the purchasing power of Summer Olympic fans. By measuring the Summer Olympics, Nielsen will provide marketers with consumer insights about where Olympic fans shop and what brands they buy.
This addition to the Nielsen FANLinks service will be a tremendous tool for advertisers and brands that participate in what may be the largest and most viewed sporting event ever. According to Forbes magazine, next summer’s Olympic games will take in more revenue than any other sporting event, drawing $3 billion in sponsorship revenue, television rights fees and sponsorship signage. Nielsen FANLinks can provide Olympic marketers with new insights that could be used for improved target marketing, product placement, sponsorship return on investment (ROI) and more.
“Sponsors are eager to learn how an Olympic sponsorship investment might work best for their brands,” said Ann Marie Dumais, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Nielsen Ventures. “FANLinks is able to guide sponsors to make the most of their investment through the entire pre-buy, activation and post-evaluation process.”
Nielsen Sports will release initial findings that highlight how Summer Olympics fans shop for and consume major household brands in 3rd quarter this year.

About Nielsen SportsTM
Nielsen Sports, a service of The Nielsen Company, specializes in creating best practices for the sports sponsorship industry. Nielsen Sports, established in collaboration with Nielsen Ventures, is founded on a heritage and commitment to providing information that is results-oriented and objective for both buyers and sellers of sports sponsorships. For more information on Nielsen Sports, please visit www.nielsensports.com

About The Nielsen Company
The Nielsen Company is a global information and media company with leading market positions and recognized brands in marketing information (ACNielsen), media information (Nielsen Media Research), business publications (Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, Adweek), trade shows and the newspaper sector (Scarborough Research). The privately held company has more than 41,000 employees and is active in more than 100 countries, with headquarters in Haarlem, the Netherlands, and New York, USA. For more information, please visit, www.nielsen.com.



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