How reliable are TV ratings?

[Monty91]

As far as I understand, they are measured by several thousand households in the UK having their viewing habits recorded via a special box.

How much effort is made to ensure these households accurateley reflect the various demographics of the UK?

I believe each household that takes part receives benefits such as subsidised TV licenses, etc. Which would suggest that lower income households would be more keen to participate than higher.

You get what i'm saying anyway...

[Snin]

[Guns 'n' Roses]

This box that some people get - I've never known any or heard of any that got that box.

[Monty91]

watched Homeland last night http://www.awimb.com/images/smiley_icons/frown.gif

[Curly]

[Maravilloso Marvo]

finance.

But if they offered me half price TV license for having a little box connected to my tv, I'd happily do it.

In fact, you may suggest that 'richer' people are generally more frugal with money so more likely to seek out and implement such a plan as saving some money on their tv license. Being thrifty is part of how they become rich in the first place.

[Snin]

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/information/a190367/digital-s pys-ratings-accuracy-faq.html (http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/information/a190367/digital-spys-ratings-accuracy-faq.html)

but i hate ****e like that generally

[Monty91]

[Snin]

ponzi scheme for anti-arsneal / pro usmanov bias

[Brentwood]

Why not track usage inside every Sky box, anonymize it, and then use that data instead?

"Ooooh no, my wife will know I watch Babestation". She already does tbh

[Snin]

i'd be banged up in minutes

[PSRB]

but because the sample size is actually relatively small they do get a pretty even spread across all demographics

[Monty91]

[Snin]

thems the rules imo

[Brentwood]

Is it bad then? Everyone has been raving about it

[Maravilloso Marvo]

In front of my television

[Monty91]

[Snin]

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/information/a190367/digital-s pys-ratings-accuracy-faq.html (http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/information/a190367/digital-spys-ratings-accuracy-faq.html)

http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/ratings/

[Snin]

[Billy Goat Sverige]

it was possible for the built in webcam to be hacked in a way that i can be watched without knowing.

I carried on with the ****.

[Monty91]

Seriously, don't bother.

[Maravilloso Marvo]

[Snin]

[Monty91]

to close the curtains and your mum was standing by the window watching you (whilst ****ing herself).

[Curly]

[PSRB]

and as you can see they only have 5,100 homes across the UK.....so all worked out on very low sample sizes!

[PSRB]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRS_social_grade

for instance E includes Students, who generally have loads of disposable income!!

[modd]

it be more dodgy for example if they predicted that 60 million people were watching tv which would mean the whole country

[Monty91]

[Supermac1976]

The U.S version starts with an interesting premise and goes downhill from there like quite a few U.S shows.

[Maravilloso Marvo]

"well I don't want them thinking I am thick"

[Snin]

do you have the real actual figures and comparing them ? sounds like you just saying something with no back up imo..but maybe im wrong and you have the stats ?

[redgunamo]

Which channel shows BGM and his mum ****ing?

[Dorset Gooner]

than it is a free for all & anyone can apply?
I always wonder if it takes account of recorded stuff like stuff you watch on sky+ etc?

[Billy Goat Sverige]

[Monty91]

hard core porn.

[Billy Goat Sverige]

[Monty91]

[David Pleat AHADF (Royal Welsher and monkey lover)]

[modd]

just a idea that they would not lie but who know i might be wrong their

[Classic Jorge]

I mean, if they just used Virgin's viewer/recorded content stats for ratings, for instance, surely that would be far, far more rich data than a silly Neilson thing.

[redgunamo]

[Classic Jorge]

Probably best to look at the sheet from the wedding night

[pjlincs]

[redgunamo]

[Classic Jorge]

If perfunctory, mechanical sex talk from failed Page 3 girls is your thing then you can get stuck for hours on that channel.