Television Rating Points Audience measurement is any method of measuring how many people are in an audience, usually in relation

to radio listenership and television viewership. It often also includes demographic and sometimes psychographic information, to help broadcasters determine who is listening, rather than just how many. This broader meaning is called audience research. Measurements are broken-down by media market, which for the most part corresponds to metropolitan areas, both large and small.

Methods

Diaries The diary was the first and until recently the only method of recording information. However, this is prone to mistakes and forgetfulness, as well as subjectivity. Data is also collected down to the level of listener opinion of individual songs, cross referenced against their age, race, and economic status in listening sessions sponsored by oldies and mix formatted stations. Electronic More recently, technology has been used to track listening and viewing habits. Arbitron's Portable People Meter uses a microphone to pick up and record subaudible tones embedded in broadcasts by an encoder at each station or network. It has even been used to track in-store radio. Software There are certain software applications being developed to monitor cable TV operators with full passive and permissive viewer measurement functionality to monitor TV channel ratings. The system tracks every time the channel is changed and records it accordingly. It allows what was being viewed at the time and which channel the viewer changed to. This information allows operators, broadcasters and advertising media to monitor audience TV usage habits and will provide invaluable rating and viewing information. The system also has additional information captured includes interactive application-specific events, viewer information events, diagnostic events and even configuration update events. New media Nielsen//NetRatings, measures Internet and digital media audiences through a telephone and Internet survey. Nielsen BuzzMetrics measures consumer-generated media. Other companies collecting information on internet usage include comScore and Hitwise, who measure hits on internet pages. TruMedia provides real-time audience data including size, attention span and demographics by using Video Analytics technology to automatically detect, track and classify viewers watching digital displays. Ratings point Ratings point is a measure of viewership of a particular television program. One single television ratings point (or TVR) represents 1% of viewers in the surveyed area in a given minute. As of 2004, there are an estimated 109.6 million television households in the USA. Thus, a single national household ratings point represents 1%, or 1,096,000 households for the 2004-05 season. When used for the broadcast of a program, the average rating across the duration of the show is typically given. Ratings points are often used for specific demographics rather than just households. For

example a ratings point among the key 18-49 year olds demographic is equivalent to 1% of all 18-49 year olds in the country. A TVR is different to a share point in that it is the percentage of all possible viewers, while a share point is 1% of all viewers watching television at the time. Hence the share of a broadcast is often significantly higher than the TVR, especially at times when overall TV viewing is low. GRPs Gross rating points (GRPs) are chiefly used to measure the performance of TV-based advertising campaigns, and are the sum of the TVRs of each commercial spot within the campaign. An ad campaign might require a certain number of GRPs among a particular demographic across the duration of the campaign. The GRP of a campaign is equal to the percentage of people who saw any of the spots, multiplied by the average number of spots that these viewers saw. Television ratings in India Television Rating Point (TRP) is used by television advertisers to monitor the most widely watched TV programs in India based on which AD rates for a program is decided. Basically this is the ranking list of popular TV programs released by INTAM (Indian Television Audience Measurement) every week. INTAM is the electronic rating agency functioning in India. 'People meter' are installed in sample homes and these electronic gadgets continuously record data about the channel watched by the family members and the agency prepares a national data on the basis of its sample homes readings. Based on the ranking list of the last several years, programs of SUN TV and Star Plus are in the top rank at all India levels. Criticisms Diary-based radio ratings in the U.S. may inflate listenership, because it is only measured in 15-minute increments. Listening at any time during a quarter-hour counts as listening for the entire duration, even if the actual time was just for a song or two. The process of surveying listeners for their preferences has also been criticised for it's lack of flexibility. Listeners complain that modern radio lacks variety and depth but the measurement methods only facilitate further refinement of already minutely programed formats rather than the overhaul that many listeners are asking for. Radio, particularly in the United States, is where listeners hear their old favorites rather than are exposed to new music. Data obtained by some audience measurement methods is detailed to individual songs and how they are reacted to by each age, racial, and economic group the station is seeking to attract. This statistical approach leads to highly recognizable songs (such as those from the Beatles) which score well with a cross section of listeners. Measurement Companies In Australian TV ratings are collected by three main organizations. OzTAM serves metropolitan areas , Regional TAM serves regional areas serviced by three commercial networks, and Nielsen Media Research Australia handles for regional areas serviced by two commercial networks. Ratings are collected over 40 weeks of the year, with a twoweek break over Easter and 10 weeks over summer. In Brazil, IBOPE provides measurement services for television. In Canada, Nielsen Media Research measures TV, and CognoVision Solutions Inc. provides measurement services for Digital Signage. Finnpanel measures both radio and TV in Finland. In Japan Video Research handles

radio and TV measurement. In the United Kingdom, Broadcasters' Audience Research Board handles TV and radio. In the United States, television measurement is done by Nielsen Media Research, radio by Arbitron and digital sinage by TruMedia. In the UK, television measurement is handled by BARB via a metered panel and radio by RAJAR, using a diary system. In the Philippines, AGB-Nielsen Media Research montors the ratings through panel homes installed with TV meters to be registered in the computer. In Pakistan television audience measurement is done by Gallup BRB.

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Television in India is a huge industry and has thousands of programmes in all the states of India. TV soaps are extremely popular with housewives as well as working women. Approximately half of all Indian households own a television.

There are a number of Indian TV channels. The small screen programming commenced in the early 1980s and since then Indian television channels have grown in leaps and bounds. Initially it was only the Doordarshan, a national channel that served as the source of information and entertainment. However, with the introduction of satellite television the scenario altered. Several TV channels came into existence and these were available in various Indian languages, such as, Hindi language, Bengali language, Tamil language, Kannada language, Oriya language, Telugu language, Gujarati language, Bhojpuri language, Punjabi language, Malayalam language, Urdu language, etc. The Indian TV channels broadcast serials, news, sports and several other shows. The Ramayana and Mahabharata were the first major television series that were aired. Television programming had reached its saturation as there was an only one channel. Hence the government introduced another channel, which partly had national programming and partly regional. This channel was termed as DD 2 later DD Metro. Both channels were broadcast terrestrially. It was in the year 1992 that five new channels belonging to the Hong Kong based STAR TV provided a fresh breath to the Indian television. MTV, Star Plus, BBC, Prime Sports and STAR Chinese Channel were the 5 channels in those days. The year 2000 will be remembered for a single show in the history of Indian television. The Indian television industry went on to switch the fortunes of some promising media companies. Kaun Banega Crorepati, the Amitabh Bachchan hosted game show based on Who Wants to be a Millionaire, not only became the most-watched programme on private satellite television but also catapulted Star Plus into an incredible popular position. On the foundation of the success of Star Plus, Rupert Murdoch built his media empire. If Subhash Chandra had tasted success all through these years since Zee launched, 2000 was a turning point in Zee TV`s history as well. The year 2003 marked the boom of authentic news channels in India. Aastha TV is one of the most popular socio-spiritual-cultural television channel broadcasting India`s rich heritage. Aaj Tak is India`s

number one news channel pioneered by TV Today Network Ltd. It is a 24-hour Hindi news television channel in India that has earned the tag line. Cartoon Network India is arguably the most popular cartoon-dedicated television channel in India. It airs English and Hindi-dubbed versions of a variety of cartoons. Discovery Channel is a cable and satellite TV channel distributed by Discovery Communications that provides non-fiction programming focused on science, history and nature. Sahara One, Zoom, B4U Music, Star One are some more popular Indian TV channels for entertainment.

Owners
COLORS, the Hindi General Entertainment channel by Viacom 18 Media Pvt Ltd (a joint venture between Viacom Inc and Network18)