Viewers measurement organization Nielsen has endured an “unexpected disruption” to its facts centre that has delayed the collection of Tv rankings facts from Tuesday.

The disruption, which Tv Tonight is reporting is the end result of a cyber assault, has impacted the supply of overnight rankings to the main Tv networks.

Rankings supplier OzTAM, which is jointly owned by the 7, Nine and Ten networks, reportedly suggested the networks late on Tuesday of the opportunity assault.

A Nielsen spokesperson would not verify regardless of whether a cyber assault experienced taken spot, but reported the organization was doing the job to solve the issues quickly.

“Nielsen has turn into mindful of an surprising disruption relating to the Australian Tv Viewers Measurement (TAM) facts centre ecosystem,” the spokesperson told iTnews.

“The day’s Tv viewing facts will be gathered and processed at the time performance is restored. This indicates that all facts because of for supply on Tuesday (July twenty first) will be delayed.

“Our staff is dedicated to resolving this make any difference quickly. In the meantime, we will be certain to continue to keep the industry knowledgeable as new information on the make any difference gets to be available.”

The spokesperson also did not react to additional iTnews about the character of the suspected cyber assault.