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RE: According to Nielsen, ESPN is now in less than 80% of U.S. homes
(02-05-2016 10:13 AM)MplsBison Wrote: Ok, so from 115M total, 113M TV households would make sense. I saw 113M in a post. But originally I thought Wedge's OP was 116M TV households.
That's what the linked article says: "the 116.4 million TV homes that Nielsen estimates for the current TV season."
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RE: According to Nielsen, ESPN is now in less than 80% of U.S. homes
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/09/disney-re...nings.html
Cable networks operating income slid by 5 percent to $1.2 billion "due to a decrease at ESPN," the company said. Still, Disney CEO Bob Iger told CNBC that subscriber growth has picked up at ESPN since the quarter ended.
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RE: According to Nielsen, ESPN is now in less than 80% of U.S. homes
Wedge, then the article is wrong. I trust the US Census, which says there are only 115M households total. Some of those don't even have a TV.
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RE: According to Nielsen, ESPN is now in less than 80% of U.S. homes
(02-09-2016 07:01 PM)MplsBison Wrote: Wedge, then the article is wrong. I trust the US Census, which says there are only 115M households total. Some of those don't even have a TV.
The census was 6 years ago. Any number the government is giving out now is just an estimate, not a real census number.
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RE: According to Nielsen, ESPN is now in less than 80% of U.S. homes
Indeed, an estimate by Neilsen should be more trusted.
Because ... don't tread on me.
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RE: According to Nielsen, ESPN is now in less than 80% of U.S. homes
It being on # of "homes" isn't the same as ratings. It's the potentiality to it. Non-sports watchers aren't going to watch it, but if they do watch TV, they're going a step beyond the most basic cable, they'll be subscribers to ESPN.
Also -- it's probably not "homes" -- but "places". Neighborhood bar will be called a "home" in this case, I believe. May also be a count of the # of cable boxes rented out.
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RE: According to Nielsen, ESPN is now in less than 80% of U.S. homes
Hotel rooms, bars, lobbies certainly shouldn't be TV households, by any stretch of imagination.
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RE: According to Nielsen, ESPN is now in less than 80% of U.S. homes
Second homes might count, and probably should -- if the owner is paying 2 cable bills, right?
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RE: According to Nielsen, ESPN is now in less than 80% of U.S. homes
(02-10-2016 09:52 AM)Hokie Mark Wrote: Second homes might count, and probably should -- if the owner is paying 2 cable bills, right?
In my opinion, they should not.
Paying a bill doesn't equate to viewership. Heck, even having the TV turn on 24/7 tuned to ESPN in the second housing unit shouldn't count either. It gets exactly to why bars, lobbies, etc. shouldn't count: just because they have a TV tuned in doesn't mean anyone is viewing it.
But then, of course, you're obligated to concede that viewership doesn't equate to sales.
Like I said before, the whole system is a dumb house of cards.
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