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   "Dillon Pyron"  wrote in message   
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   > [Default] Thus spake RT :   
   >   
   > >Michael Flynn wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >> On 14/11/2010 16:58, The Coca Cola Kid wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >> > Also, is that 800,000 range not the raw overnight ratings, not taking   
   > >> > into account DVR, web and time shift viewings?   
   > >>   
   > >> When it comes down to how much money can be made from a tv series it's   
   > >> the number of eyes on the live broadcast that is the most important.   
   > >> People who time shift (by whatever method) tend to skip past the   
   adverts   
   > >> so the advertisers cant be charged for those viewers.   
   > >   
   > >People also get up and do other things during commercials... works out   
   the same.   
   >   
   > There was a joke about 20 years ago where some guy from a water   
   > utility company said he could tell when there was a time out during   
   > the Super Bowl by watching the water flow  :-)   
      
   It's not a joke. There was a documentary on TV here a couple of weeks ago,   
   and on it was a man who looked after the computers controlling the power   
   grids, etc. He said he had to switch over the power grids when the weeknight   
   soap opera Coronation Street finished because everyone would go and make a   
   cup of tea, dramatically increasing the amount of electricity the grid   
   needed to provide.   
      
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