electric_dsl
join:2004-07-20
Pickering, ON | reply to en102
Re: Wow.
they already know what you are watching and probably for how long as well. How do you think they compile those viewer stats and rankings for TV shows? |
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zno
join:2002-01-08
Atlanta, GA | unless you have a tivo/stb that's connected to a phone line, they don't know what you're watching. they get the stats/ratings from surveys.
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got anti-virus and firewall? |
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mustang03282
join:2003-01-10
Bridgeton, NJ
clubs:
 ·Verizon FIOS
| they have people that they pay a small fee each month to wear a recorder that looks just like a old pager. every tv show and radio station puts out a ultra high signal that humans cant hear the meter that these choosen people wear hears that signal and logs it down. I was a arbitron pannelist for about 6 months
lol my wife called up comcast often because lifetime didnt work on our tv's for that 6 months  |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | Comcast = yuck
I guess they did do one thing correct - they killed hallmark/lifetime/wtn/oxygen channel for you. |
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