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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 03:16 PM
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Ok bit of a random one but i was just thinking, you know when they say a certain programme had so many viewers or a certain tv station had more viewers than another, how do they know what channels people are watching to be able to come to that conclusion?
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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 03:19 PM
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ive always wondered this aswell surely they just have stations that transmit a radiowave out into the air...i dont get how they can know whose got the TV tuned into that specific frequency...
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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 03:20 PM
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They do a sample and then work out likley number of viewers nation wide.
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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 03:20 PM
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they dont know what people are watching

what they do is select people and let them take part in the national survey, these people have boxes fitted in there house that notes what they watch!
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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 03:26 PM
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as above, so infact those figures are complete tosh!

they probably represent 5% of the UK
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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 03:29 PM
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as above, so infact those figures are complete tosh!

they probably represent 5% of the UK
and how many men are going oo watch babestation knowing that someone is monitoring them
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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by GARETH T
Originally Posted by ballin
as above, so infact those figures are complete tosh!

they probably represent 5% of the UK
and how many men are going oo watch babestation knowing that someone is monitoring them

so true
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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 04:02 PM
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Oh right, you learn something new everyday, as they say
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