Comments on: New TV Ratings System: Who Will Watch the Watchers?

By: What if I'm right?

What if I'm right? — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:26:17 +0000

The digital boxes and tv’s serve as a two way device, to receive and transmit signal, using digital, just like your cellphone.

What better way to make sure everyone is being a good citizen , right comrade?

It’s chess, not checkers

By: 49erDweet

49erDweet — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:15:26 +0000

Critics who had previously complained of the inaccuracy of the current system amazingly yelled even louder when People Meter test markets suddenly showed a sharp decline in viewership for top rated African-American and Spanish-language shows.Snark, snark. People Who Care don’t want the truth, they want the “Narrative” to be accepted, and won’t support facts that contravene reality.

By: Tolbert

Tolbert — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:43:23 +0000

Dish, Direct and Tivo based DVRs have had this capability for many years.

Still nothing but crap on the tube.

By: ked5

ked5 — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:05:06 +0000

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I seem to recall a similar phenomenon when a new method of measuring radio station listenership came online – one that was digitally recording what was being recieved with no input from the listener other than choosing a station. (and using a much larger metric than a “box” in someone’s home.) The audience share of black and spanish radio stations plummeted with cries of “foul” from activists. After all, activists love stations that receive government subsidies.

By: David Thomson

David Thomson — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:49:42 +0000

“Critics who had previously complained of the inaccuracy of the current system amazingly yelled even louder when People Meter test markets suddenly showed a sharp decline in viewership for top rated African-American and Spanish-language shows.”

I live in the very integrated Houston, Texas area. Hispanics and blacks live in my neighborhood. I have spoked to countless minority individuals—and never even once had them tell me that they watch these programs. They could care less. Only the leftist intellectual class pays any attention whatsoever to these programs. And I doubt very much if they view them when nobody is looking!

By: vivo

vivo — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:01:28 +0000

I never trusted Nielsen entirely. The technology to capture viewership is here now with the digital transmission. Cable companies may already be doing this and not telling anyone, but knowing our corrupt marketing system, under the table payments can deliver the data.

If our world was decent and clean, collecting this data would be illuminating, but there’s always someone misusing what shouldn’t be.

By: Nobama 2012

Nobama 2012 — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:53:26 +0000

One fact remains certain:
everyone wants to know what you’re watching.
Your task is to figure out who will be watching the watchers and how scrupulous they will be with their findings.

Just signed up for Netflix.

If I had the time I could watch thousands of movies on TV.

$9.95 a month and a wireless box turns your ‘entertainment center’ into Entertainment

Dish 100 is nothing more than a serving dish.

Approx. 35 channels are devoted 24/7 paid commercials,

“BUY CLEAN UNDERWEAR FROM US.”

“GET YOUR LAWN AND GARDEN GRUB WORMS OUT OF THE GARDEN AND OWN THIS NEW KITCHEN TABLE.”

ANYONE… sorry..

anyone that sits and monitors that Shiite has to be a loon.

‘Yeah’..
The government is very aware of my viewing habits.

Oh..

I forgot-

Just for the trolls-

If I’m not watching a movie I leave it on channel 205-

FOX NEWS.