How do they calculate TV ratings? How do they know exactly how much people are watching a show?
2007-03-03 03:17:56 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
Nielson ratings are one way. They started with Diaries, but now use set top boxes.
With the advent of TiVo, they have been getting into the act as well. The drawback to Nielson was that the TV had to be on.
Since so many people "time shift" now, TiVo is the PERFECT solution. They report on what was recorded, watched AND can even tell what was rewound and rewatched! (like the Janet Jackson "wardrobe malfunction" - it was the most rewatched event in TiVo history!)
2007-03-09 04:28:45 · answer #1 · answered by bpgveg14 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A certain amount of people are given special boxes which keep track of what they watch and what they record to watch later. From those figures it is extrapolated to cover the entire TV watching population and those are the figures used
2007-03-03 03:55:02 · answer #2 · answered by kronie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are called Nielson Families. They send little diaries to certain families and probably individuals, who will record everything that they watch and when for a given day. It is then generalized to the entire population. It is a very flawed and possibly unscientific way of getting ratings, especially when technology should make that easier.
2007-03-03 03:22:18 · answer #3 · answered by maxworth 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-02 07:50:09 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They take a poll of a given amount of people to find out what they watch such as the nielson ratings .
2007-03-03 03:21:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are using frequency to detect and survey to determine the tv ratings.
2007-03-10 03:34:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They give boxes to a bunch of people to monitor what they watch.
2007-03-03 03:20:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they have different polls..Neilsons is the oldest
sponsors monitor and this is how they are charged for their ads
Super Bowl ads cost the most....probably New Yorks ads are the cheapest
2007-03-03 03:22:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they ask certain people what they watch every night
2007-03-03 03:20:00 · answer #9 · answered by mimi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that"s a good question!
2007-03-03 03:20:05 · answer #10 · answered by elizabeth_davis28 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋