Media mogul Byron Allen is suing Nielsen, claiming the ratings company was not forthcoming about the reliability of its audience measurement data for smaller TV networks.
The suit filed Wednesday in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, said Nielsen committed fraud when it agreed to provide ratings to Allen’s Entertainment Studio Networks, a group of seven niche TV channels that have limited distribution on cable and satellite systems.
Audience levels for smaller networks are harder to measure and are more likely to be subject to errors.
