Re: [TV orNotTV] TV Networks Are Purposely Misspelling Names To Avoid Bad Nielsen Ratings

that is hilarious.It's almost like someone age 50+ said "just drop a couple characters that happens with 2400 bps analog modems without error correction" (unrelated observation. I was using my credit card or debit card at a Point-of-Sale terminal and I actually SAW the terminal display

[TV orNotTV] TV Networks Are Purposely Misspelling Names To Avoid Bad Nielsen Ratings

Basically, the networks, with NBC the biggest offender, are changing the listing of TV shows on days when lower rating are expected to avoid bringing down show's season averafe. Certainly misleading, possibly illegal as advertisers may not be getting what they expect. TV Networks Are Purposely

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jamie Horowitz quits Fox Sports

hollywood/la-fi-ct- > charles-payne-fox-business-20170706-story.html > > On Tue, Jul 4, 2017 at 8:01 AM Bob Jersey wrote: > >> >> Kevin M., to moi, Monday (3): >> >>> LA Dog Trainer says he was fired; he didn't quit. Looks to be another >>&g

[TV orNotTV] J-Stew to join SportsCenter Fri. night

At Warrior Games, an annual govt-run competitive event for impaired current servicemembers and veterans, in Chicago with local product Hannah Storm... he'll do a live interview (with a participant?) during the 11pm east hour... pee-arr

[TV orNotTV] Cosby to be retried

Aypee (link): Early November. The accuser's lawyer said "she will be absolutely ready." B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jamie Horowitz quits Fox Sports

First FoxNews, then FoxSports, now FoxBusiness http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-charles-payne-fox-business-20170706-story.html On Tue, Jul 4, 2017 at 8:01 AM Bob Jersey wrote: > > Kevin M., to moi, Monday (3): > >> LA Dog Trainer says he was fired; he didn'

Re: [TV orNotTV] QVC/HSN merger to create TV megamall

On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 3:21 PM, Brad Beam wrote: > That should be QVC's parent company owning a portion of HSN. > With the current state of retail businesses, it's not hard to assume that shop-from-your-couch is hurting also and could stand a drop in capacity. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smar

Re: [TV orNotTV] QVC/HSN merger to create TV megamall

-merge-with-home-shopping-network?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170706 > > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are

[TV orNotTV] QVC/HSN merger to create TV megamall

HSN already had 38% ownership of QVC's parent company. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/06/535778547/qvc-plans-to-buy-merge-with-home-shopping-network?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170706 Sent from my

[TV orNotTV] How networks game the ratings for nightly news

Short version: on a day when they expect low viewership, they misspell the name of the news show and Nielsen doesn't register it or add that night's ratings to calculate the weekly average. The original reporting is in the WSJ, I link to Kevin Drum to bypass the paywall. http://www.motherjones.com

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: My annual complaint about NBC's Le Tour de France coverage

I'll check it out. Today NBC announced that users of the Gold app can stream either the current (but commercial free) stream or they can access NBCs feed (with Paul and Phil). Last year, we could hear the live stream commercial free with Paul & Phil. This year, after nearly a week of crap, we pay

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: My annual complaint about NBC's Le Tour de France coverage

On a related note, I may not have mentioned here that there's a very fine podcast that covers men's professional cycling called The Cycling Podcast. And yes, I do some production work for it. So Kevin, when you're fed up with the NBC app coverage, download the nightly episode - usually up in time