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   From: daviderl31@yahoo.com   
      
   "cloud dreamer"  wrote in message   
   news:H5udnTWQTelJ3X3RnZ2dnUVZ_q-dnZ2d@supernews.com...   
   > On 14/11/2010 4:26 PM, Your Name wrote:   
   >> "cloud dreamer"  wrote in message   
   >> news:qK2dndZVm4t1q33RnZ2dnUVZ_qudnZ2d@supernews.com...   
   >>>   
   >>> That's not how the rating system works. Neilsen has a set number of   
   >>> meters out there in selected homes. They base their numbers on them and   
   >>> extrapolate total viewership from the sample set.   
   >>   
   >> Translation:   
   >> Neilsen has a dozen meters out there in home that were vetoed by Neilsen   
   >> to   
   >> fit their own specifications. They base their numbers on them and   
   >> guessimate   
   >> total viewreship from the ridiculously small sample set. Neilsen then   
   >> pretend that such results mean anything useful, and the numbnuts in the   
   >> management of networks blindly believe that and / or manipulate that to   
   >> get   
   >> what they want.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   > If that were the case, you'd think someone would have figured it out by   
   > now...after how many decades??????   
   >   
   > Irrelevent anyway. Won't be long before they'll be harvesting live   
   > accurate data from DVRs.   
   >   
      
           But do they include On Demand viewing?   
           At least half of what I watch is On Demand since I don't have a DVR   
   and there are too many shows that are on at the same time I want to watch.   
      
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