Nielsen, the tv ratings firm, has announced that the February sweeps period in 2009 will move from February to March next year.
With the move from analog to all digital TV on February 17, 2009, Nielsen feels that keeping sweeps during the same month might be an inaccurate assessment of a local station's performance.
Also, Nielsen will begin to test ratings collections on digital-only stations this December.
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