Comments on: Nielsen offers raw ratings data, ’stunning’ stats

By: Ratboy

Ratboy — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:43:54 +0000

Wow, thanks for the excellent information!

By: Walter Graff

Walter Graff — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:09:06 +0000

Does anyone read anymore before they make statments?

The quoted statistic says “40 percent of all viewing in DVR households in the 18-49 demo is time-shifted “

Alan Wurtzel said “The future of half of all viewing is time-shifted. If not now, certainly in a year or two, ‘live’ is going to be a completely irrelevant measure.”

He ought to read before he makes statements. 40% of what most agree is about 11% of the entire viewing public (eg DVR users) is not 40% of ALL half of all viewing. It’s about as many people who watch the number one local news in a top five market. It’s sad that marketing has created continuous myths and predictions that never materialize.

By: Hussman

Hussman — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:36:01 +0000

I’m with Echy… I watch football live only, and as a family, the only show we watch live is ‘Biggest Loser’ All else is still taped. Yes, taped.

By a VCR.

From 1991.

I don’t have cable, but I do have a set top DTV converter box.

By: Echy

Echy — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 02:22:44 +0000

The only thing I see live is football. But I’m probably at 95% as many of the football games wind up getting paused at some point.

By: Cory

Cory — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 23:00:15 +0000

If I count all the sports I watch, around 70% of my programming is time-shifted.

By: Rex

Rex — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 22:53:31 +0000

Really? 100% of my watching is time-shifted.