2007-01-18 06:17:06 · 9 answers · asked by davey b 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
i dont know i always wondered the same thing!
2007-01-18 06:19:47 · answer #1 · answered by moniquita 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They use a company called Nielsen Rating Company...a/k/a The Nielsen Ratings. This company installs boxes on people's TV's that monitor their TV watching habits. The people are chosen as a cross section of the American population. The boxes compute how much time they watch TV, what shows they watch and other relevant information, which the TV company's use to sell & price their advertisements for sponsors.
2007-01-18 14:23:59 · answer #2 · answered by jim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The setup boxes sometimes report the channel being watched and the guesstimate the viewers from that. Also, it depends on the ad as tv networks get paid by advertisers, so they can also know that by how many people call or whatever. I think?
2007-01-18 14:25:44 · answer #3 · answered by abe_cooldude 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't. They have boxes in a certain number of homes that monitor viewing & then take a guestimate at the whole viewing public watching the same.
2007-01-18 14:20:54 · answer #4 · answered by Barry G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have thousands of people who have boxes on their TV's telling the companies what is being watched and they extrapolate the viewing figures of their test audience over the country.
2007-01-18 14:19:53 · answer #5 · answered by agius1520 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because when you buy a tv it comes with a little camera with in the screen and they can see you if your watching
2007-01-18 14:21:47 · answer #6 · answered by lee b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When your a sleep they sneek into your house and turn your telly on, what eva channel pops up is the channel you were last watching! easy
2007-01-18 14:21:10 · answer #7 · answered by Riley Blue 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question i have often wondered that.
2007-01-18 14:19:50 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
exactly, thanks for asking one of my 'I wonder' questions
2007-01-18 14:26:10 · answer #9 · answered by Angela O 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋