people meter

A new people meter will be introduced to do both.

People meters are new and we know which way the trend is going.

The debut of personal people meters in 2010 meant changes for the show.

Some of the most popular prime time shows are hit hardest by the people meters.

The people meter came closer to the telephone survey than the older system did.

"The people meter just measures if the set is on and what they're watching.

The networks are likely to come out all right, even if the people meters keep turning in lower ratings.

So now "passive" people meters are being developed that keep the computer's eye on who is watching what.

He feels too many high-tech families are being measured by the people meters.

Two years ago Nielsen introduced the people meter to try to provide that information.

But if the people meters are to work, the Nielsen family has to remember to use them, properly.

Viewers using people meters must push buttons each time they watch view television.

Recently, the company began rolling out people meters to measure local viewing - and suddenly its process came under fire.

On the surface, the transition to people meters seems a simple enough technological advance.

That's what public television was supposed to be all about - the measure of the mind is not the people meter."

In the 1980s, the company launched a new measurement device known as the "people meter".

We are learning how to evaluate the people meter and estimate audience shares.

The network reaction to the people meter is at least partly derived from the effect the system has had on their business.

The program had placed second two weeks ago, the first week during which Nielsen used people meters exclusively.

Indeed, electronic technology can be said to simulate consciousness in the form of people meters.

Critics of Nielsen say the people meters are flawed and must be changed.

People meters are another gadget which we don't entirely understand."

B10 The "people meter" ratings device seems to be a network nightmare coming true.

Nielsen counts viewers at home using what is known as the people meter.