Nielsen BDS and ABC Radio Networks announced a licensing and distribution agreement granting ABC Radio Networks exclusive rights to market and license BDSradio.com to U.S. radio stations. BDSradio.com is an airplay research and monitoring service which captures more than 100 million song detections annually on more than 1,900 radio stations, satellite and video channels in 176 markets across the US, Puerto Rico and Canada. BDSradio also provides Nielsen SoundScan market level data on physical and digital record sales; the ability to download songs monitored in its 27 different format charts; and streaming data reports.
