Cable networks should provide viewing figures back to Nielsen and the like, really. Cable boxes have return paths back to the network, so can supply data back.
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Re: the network worried about getting a bad rep for cancelling serialized dramas... from what I can gather, that's kinda not far from the truth.
I'm curious Jackal. What are you basing this statement on? Gather from where?
I've been getting under people's feet at the Drive offices for the last two weeks.
Cable networks should provide viewing figures back to Nielsen and the like, really. Cable boxes have return paths back to the network, so can supply data back.
Fox isn't a cable network, it's broadcast. Totally different numbers.
I didn't mean Fox in particular, Jessica, although I'd assume Fox is shown on localised cable networks. Unless it's set up differently from the UK.
That effects net viewing figures to some extent.
It only affects net viewing figures if that person is a Nielsen family.
Jessica, by "cable networks" I think he meant "cable companies" like Comcast, RCN, etc. [not cable networks (like Bravo, USA) versus broadcast networks (NBC, FOX, ABC, etc.)].
In other words, the cable companies could report on all of their customers, rather than Nielsen sampling households. Of course, the fact that most Americans wouldn't agree to that, because they don't want people spying on them in their homes, means the whole conversation is just more uneducated speculation.
Yes, I used to work for Telewest on their cable network, so I meant cable company. Doesn't Tivo report back stats, though?
means the whole conversation is just more uneducated speculation
Uhm.
TiVo keeps asking me to sign up for better surveillance more detailed data collection so they can report accurate numbers. I don't *think* so. Anyway, if they looked at my in-depth usage, they'd see that I only watch ads if they're for movies: that's nobody's desired demographic.