2006-07-03 07:09:36 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
The Nielsen Company has researched viewers habits for many years. They use a sampling of families all over the country and base their findings on those people.
2006-07-03 07:12:48 · answer #1 · answered by LJRobbie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
TV companies do not own television programs, television networks like NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox own the programs. The Nielsen rating system determines how many people watch certain programs.
2006-07-03 22:40:38 · answer #2 · answered by SeahawkFan37 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've always wondered this! I think they take a cross section of the population and give them a receiver box that lets them know which channels they're watching and when etc. They can then statistically use the data to give an idea of the nations watching patterns.
Either that or they peek in your curtains at night!
2006-07-03 14:13:49 · answer #3 · answered by Firematt26 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people participate in market research. They get a box and everyone in that family has a special code. They key in the code and whatever they watch gets sent to a special place which notifys the tv channels... Its a bit complicated to understand.
2006-07-03 14:14:15 · answer #4 · answered by jackyboy1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Nielsen Ratings system, where viewers voluntarily allow their watching habits to be monitored and then the statistics are translated from just a small percentage of viewers to allegedly representing the whole country.
2006-07-03 14:13:34 · answer #5 · answered by leehoustonjr@prodigy.net 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neilson boxes on their tvs that monitor what they watch. Also Nelison sends out a written survey shere you write down what you watch on tv for a week. We've done that one before.
2006-07-03 14:13:17 · answer #6 · answered by Cathy L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a certain amount of people in the UK who have monitoring equipment installed. They monitor what they watch and multiply it up, the figures are only really estimates.
2006-07-03 14:12:56 · answer #7 · answered by sirdaz_uk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they select certain households and supply them with a special box so they can tell what channel they are watching.. they take this small sample of the viewing population and work out the average.
2006-07-03 14:14:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know, its so freaky especially when they quote how many millions of people is watching a particular programme.
This just proves my point that the government know what we are doing in our house, there is no stupid privacy laws. they are just saying that to trick us but they are probably spying on us through everything electricity, phone lines, lights...........
2006-07-03 14:14:33 · answer #9 · answered by simisolasalako 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whos bothered
2006-07-03 14:15:00 · answer #10 · answered by jo_raz_1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋