For example, last week they said that Five million people watched the world cup final on BBC and only Three million people watched it on ITV.
2006-07-13 19:40:13 · 12 answers · asked by thls06169 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
The figures are obtained from the Broadcasters Audience Research Board (BARB),
These monitor the usage of TV in the homes of 5100 users.
These users have an electronic box in their home and their TV viewing is monitored. The results from this monitoring are then extrapolated for the population as a whole to give the viewing figure.
2006-07-13 19:48:45 · answer #1 · answered by John H 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was under the opinion that they had a selected number of trial homes where they have a "box" on theire tv that records what channels they watch. They then multiply this number by another to give the general viewing figures.
Or did I eat too much cheese before i went to bed??
2006-07-13 19:46:17 · answer #2 · answered by Monty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the viewers panel is made up of a selection of households and given a handset, each member of the household is assigned a number on the handset, linked to a device in the main tv. everytime the tv is switched on, it registers the time and channel selected on the device. every person in the room at that time presses their button on the handset, and everytime they leave the room they deselect their number, this data is collected remotely from the device in the tv and the results are collated to give the viewing numbers for the whole country.
2006-07-13 21:15:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Inside all televisions are 'little people'almost elf like in stature,
their job is to fill in a questionaire every five minutes and
send it by magic to the central television bureau of watchers watching statistics who then compile the information and tell
the companies ... :-) ...
2006-07-13 19:56:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the cable company knows at every second how many people are watching each channell. when you stay on a channell for a specific ammount of time, they get a signal that says you have "tuned in" to that program.
2006-07-13 19:43:56 · answer #5 · answered by Bonnie G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back in the 90's, I used to be sent a booklet with what was on tv and I had to mark what I had taped and watched on t.v. and rate it.I used to then send it back and they would compile viewing figures that way. Never used to get paid for it!!
2006-07-13 19:56:44 · answer #6 · answered by iloveliz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with John H BARB have a representative sample of the population where they have boxes which record the viewing habits of the household
2006-07-14 04:12:11 · answer #7 · answered by hoggwalter 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dito to the person above me..... They know at all times how many people are watching, they can keep track of how many people change the channel during which commercials
2006-07-13 19:47:03 · answer #8 · answered by faqsheepdog 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to respond to your question I wrapped aluminium foil around my cranium as advert-hoc antenna and placed one 9.4 volt battery up the bum yet to tell the fact none of my channels are giving me something better than white noise. perchance it grow to be some thing I ate that obstructs a connection.
2016-12-14 07:56:36 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gilbert Godfrey runs from house to house and looks in the window
2006-07-13 19:42:17 · answer #10 · answered by akamoonpie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋