2006-10-02 08:34:31 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
sorry vik i wasnt online yesterday so i didnt know.
2006-10-02 08:43:43 · update #1
so if i watched something and half way through i flicked over to another chanel for 3mins would that count towards a rating for that program too?
2006-10-02 08:47:32 · update #2
Just to expel any doubt on this one, the people that answered that there's a chip in your TV tracking your viewing are not correct. The most trusted source, as some have mentioned is the Neilsen rating system. A demographically varied group of people have their TV viewing habits monitored, and their "patterns" are used, based on laws of averages, to determine the number of viewers. If you listen close when a show or report says how many viewers a show had, you should hear them say the word "estimated". Happy Viewing!
2006-10-02 09:02:56 · answer #1 · answered by pocket68rocket 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A computer does the tally for how many people watch a TV show, the sky or digibox you have these days sends a signal that "Tells" the TV companies what you are watching, in other words its Big Brother but on a much more global scale in the entertainment industries.
2006-10-02 08:43:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
About 10 years ago I worked for a woman who had a box xonnected to her TV that logged what she watched for the TV companies. I think she got paid. Dont know if theyt still do it though.
2006-10-02 08:39:32 · answer #3 · answered by wecsurfs 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I used to work for BBC radio and we would regularly get our show's "Rating". It's simple, a polling organisation samples peoples viewing habits using telephone polling or a questionaire and extrapolates a figue for the whole population.
2006-10-02 08:42:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
every channel has there own like web site kinda and wen you turn over to the channel its like a little counter clock thats how shows get rated
2006-10-02 08:38:24 · answer #5 · answered by ââ¢Â¥ ââ¢Â¥abc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Their are companies (like Neilson) that keep track of such things.
Your cable/sat box also keeps track of your habits. The informtion is then sold to whomever wants it.
2006-10-02 08:40:11 · answer #6 · answered by hyman_g_rickover 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nielson contract with customers with "view boxes" and they use that to determine the popularity of shows. It's biased of course but that's what they do.
2006-10-02 08:43:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
all the systems report who surf on to the channels, like a chip in there
2006-10-02 08:38:02 · answer #8 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone asked this yesterday:
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2006-10-02 08:41:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋