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FPF Releases Report on Verifiable Parental Consent 

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Thursday, June 22, 2023
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FPF Releases Report on Verifiable Parental Consent

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  • FPF Releases Report on Verifiable Parental Consent
    Today, FPF released a new report on the effectiveness of a key federal children’s privacy requirement known as verifiable parental consent (VPC).
  • The Children’s Online Privacy and Protection Act (COPPA) requires operators of child-directed services to provide parents with detailed, direct notice and obtain parents’ affirmative express consent – verifiable parental consent – before collecting personal information from kids.
  • FPF’s report, The State of Play: Is Verifiable Parental Consent Fit for Purpose?, and an accompanying infographic detail the mechanics of how VPC works; implementation challenges from both the parent and industry perspectives; and potential solutions, including alternative VPC methods and new regulatory approaches.
  • “While there is no single solution that will get us to that point, the recommendations and ideas outlined in this report provide a great place to start, and we hope will help advance this important conversation.”
    To learn more, read FPF’s new report, The State of Play: Is Verifiable Parental Consent Fit for Purpose?

Nielsen's State of Play Report Reveals that Streaming is the Future but Consumers Are Currently Overwhelmed by Choice

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Wednesday, April 6, 2022
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NEW YORK, April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nielsen (NYSE: NLSN), a global leader in audience measurement, data and analytics, released its inaugural State of Play report, which highlights the increasing boom of video content in both linear and streaming in recent years. Overall, Americans increased their average weekly time streaming video by 18%, with a year-over-year increase from 143.2 billions of streamed minutes to 169.4 between February 2021 and February 2022. 

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  • The State of Play report leverages Nielsen TV measurement and streaming data, insights from Gracenote, a Nielsen company, and findings from an online custom survey of U.S. video streamers.
  • Amid the seemingly overwhelming choices provided by new streaming platforms, subscription video on demand (SVOD) now accounts for 53% of minutes streamed.
  • In addition to providing streaming consumption trends and consumer sentiment, State of Play details how the streaming landscape has broadened beyond traditional SVOD services.
  • Nielsen's State of Play report shows consumers now have over 817,000 unique program titles as of February 2022 vs. more than 646,000 as recently as December 2019.