Robbored Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 8 hours ago, phantom said: Not quite as simple as that @Robbored How are TV viewing figures calculated? How much of a programme do you have to watch before you are deemed to have "viewed" it? THERE is a panel, administered by BARB, of around 4,000 UK households, each of which has a monitoring device - a "peoplemeter" - attached to the television set(s). The 13,000-odd individuals in these households are taken to represent the entire viewing population, although the importance (weight) of each panellist is varied so as to represent the general population as accurately as possible when grouped by socio-demographic criteria. You only have to watch a programme for one minute to be deemed a viewer, but if the programme is, say, 30 minutes long, then this single minute only counts for 1/30 of the programme. So the published "ratings" are actually an average for each of the minutes of the programme. I have heard of a country in South America where the people-meters are connected directly to the TV broadcasters, who can change their output in real-time to satisfy the panel. What happens if you playback programmes from PVRs like Sky+? Is this included? Yes, non-live viewing from PVRs like Sky+ and other recording devices such as DVDRs are measured and included in the viewing figures as timeshift viewing. If a programme has been viewed on the same day as the original broadcast the viewing will be included in the overnight files as VOSDAL data. Otherwise, if it has been viewed in the 7 days after the original broadcast it will be included in the consolidated data. You're knowledge is quite astounding Phantom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC_ Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 4 hours ago, phantom said: Simple answer is they don't Not technically true on the first point, in home guest viewing is accounted for. Pubs and clubs aren't measured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never to the dark side Posted May 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 LC_ Saturday 8th August 2009 kicked off at 17:20pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Npb128 Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 Newcastle had 18 live games? Surely that can't be right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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