Biographical Information
            
                
                    
                        
                            Deirdre Thomas
                    
                    
                        Managing Director, U.S. Audience Measurement, Nielsen
                    
                    
                 
                
                    Deirdre Thomas is Managing Director, U.S. Audience Measurement at Nielsen.
                
             
            
        
            Articles for Deirdre Thomas
    
        
            Live Sports Are Headed to Streaming Services, and Audiences Are Ready
        
        
            
                
                    07 Oct 2022
        
        
            As audiences continue to increase their streaming consumption, sports are ready to join the ranks of hit programs like Stranger Things, Only Murders in the Building, and Obi-Wan Kenobi. And with new streaming-exclusive deals involving the NFL and MLS in play, fans are ready, as more than one-third of U.S. homes now access TV programming strictly through an internet connection.