Technical Properties of the Arbitron PPM System Aug 19, 2009 9:00 AM, By Barry Blesser Arbitron’s Portable People Meter (PPM) system is currently replacing its old paper diary system. There are a ...

The Speaker and six other members of the New York City Council have introduced a resolution calling on Arbitron to hold up PPM deployment and for the FCC to investigate whether there is ethnic or ...

Two US Senate committee chairmen have written to Arbitron CEO Steve Morris expressing concerns about whether the Portable People Meter (PPM) under-reports minority listenership and thus threatens ...

Media planners were given a sneak peek Tuesday of new data from Arbitron's Portable People Meter (PPM) system indicating sports radio audiences are far more dynamic than were reflected by Arbitron's ...

The race to occupy space on the average American’s belt is heating up. Along with the cell phone (or two), PDA, Blackberry and multipurpose knife, the Portable People Meter (PPM) will become a ...

Recently, Arbitron has introduced a new rating system called the Portable People Meter (PPM) that requires participants to carry a cell phone-sized device that picks up radio signals. Since its ...

(By Buzz Knight) Is PPM technology due for an upgrade? The recent announcement by Nielsen on June 16 th that they are expanding their encoding options with their Audio Software Encoder for FM stations ...