[Dixielandjazz] TV, Ratings and Jazz

[TCASHWIGG at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/27/05 12:14:14 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
rakmccallum at hotmail.com writes:

> When you're talking about Nielsen ratings, you can be talking about how 
> many
> "millions" of people watched a particular event in order for it to be
> successful.
> 
> 
Hi Rob: Yes that is true, however it should be noted that the Nielson ratings 
are done the same way many polls are conducted and do not necessarily reflect 
the actual situation or response to the advertisements.

The people reporting to Nielson are paid to let Nielson hook up monitors on 
their TVs to monitor what they watch, now since Nielson knows who has the 
monitors they certainly could count the results in such a way as to sway their 
weight to marketers by using their formulas like for every house watching this 
show there is an average of four persons viewing your program and or commercial 
aired on it etc.

Kind of like the old newspaper circulation numbers and the four to one pass 
along rating etc.

I was offered a $100.00 a month to let Nielson hook up a monitor to my TVs, I 
turned it down because I did not want to do all the paperwork that comes 
along with it and put up with the telemarketing calls that certainly would have 
followed.

We have video telephones now, so it can't be long till we can talk to the TV 
folks and actually have them surprise us by talking back to us. :))   That is 
when I shall go back to my crystal radio.

It is bad enough that they can already see inside your computer and know who 
you are talking to and what you are saying.  Would not surprise me to see the 
Jazz Police show up at my door any day now and arrest me for suspicion of 
being a DJML  cell member and a secret supporter of OKOM. :))

Cheers,

Tom  " Like my privacy"  Wiggins
musical content:  "Paranoia Strikes me, into my life it creeps ......
What's that sound everybody look who's goin down?"