[mythtv-users] commercial flagging idea - commercial"fingerprinting"

Matt skd5aner at gmail.com
Tue Apr 12 19:24:09 UTC 2005


On Apr 12, 2005 1:43 PM, Risto Treksler <risto at elkhornbanff.ca> wrote:
> I guess I tend to agree that the traditional 80/20 rule does not apply to
> electronic mediums such as PVRs.
> 
> In other words, I don't think that you can satisfy 80% of people by
> fingerprinting just 20% of the most popular shows, as conventional wisdom
> would have you think.
> 
> Instead of a dozen shows, each with a million viewers
> think of a million shows, each with a dozen viewers
> 


Could be?  But I don't think the networks think that way.  That's why
they have "prime-time hours".  That's also why they have "sweeps".


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