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Has anyone ever participated in the Nielsen TV program?
We were contacted by them to be a Nielsen household. Has anyone ever done this? I think it would be fun.
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leighla
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Re: Has anyone ever participated in the Nielsen TV program?
I have ALWAYS wanted to do that!!
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| Posted 3/21/07 12:20 PM |
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NO!
Sorry that was a little angry but I used to work there and I HATED it so I was suprised to see that word on the screen!
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| Posted 3/21/07 12:20 PM |
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MsMBV
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Re: Has anyone ever participated in the Nielsen TV program?
No, but I think it would be kinda cool
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| Posted 3/21/07 12:22 PM |
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CathyB
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Re: Has anyone ever participated in the Nielsen TV program?
Yes, in high school they called and I answered and signed us up. It was not as fun as I'd imagined it would be. This was back in the early 90's, there were these little books where the whole tv lineup for your system would be printed, and then these little mutliple choice cirlces to mark in how long you watched each show for. We did it for a month and decided not to continue.
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| Posted 3/21/07 12:24 PM |
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Posted by CathyB
Yes, in high school they called and I answered and signed us up. It was not as fun as I'd imagined it would be. This was back in the early 90's, there were these little books where the whole tv lineup for your system would be printed, and then these little mutliple choice cirlces to mark in how long you watched each show for. We did it for a month and decided not to continue.
It sounds like a lot of work.  The guy who works for them is coming on Tuesday to talk to us about it so we shall see what this whole thing entails. I just thought that we watch TV and they know how long and what we watched somehow.
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jennandrob
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Re: Has anyone ever participated in the Nielsen TV program?
my grandparents did it recently. They loved it because they would get their TVs & VCRs fixed for free by Nielsen! 
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Posted by leighla
I have ALWAYS wanted to do that!!
Me too!
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Re: Has anyone ever participated in the Nielsen TV program?
I did once.... They sent us an envelope with $10 cash in it and asked us to record everything we watched and recorded. If it wasn't a manual task I would have done it more than once. The second time they sent it I just kept the money/
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My friend does this. They even got a new TV from the deal. I don't think they have to fill out anything, I thought they knew everything they watched or recorded by installing some equipment.
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| Posted 3/21/07 6:05 PM |
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MissJones
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Posted by steph4777
I did once.... They sent us an envelope with $10 cash in it and asked us to record everything we watched and recorded. If it wasn't a manual task I would have done it more than once. The second time they sent it I just kept the money/
I did that too!
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mrswask
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Re: Has anyone ever participated in the Nielsen TV program?
My mom did it a couple of years ago - when they came to attach the special box to the TV (which tracks what you watch) - they messed up her TV and bought her a new one!
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Posted by chmlengr
My friend does this. They even got a new TV from the deal. I don't think they have to fill out anything, I thought they knew everything they watched or recorded by installing some equipment.
Yep they have PPMs now (portable people meter as we say in the business) and you dont have to fill anything out anymore.
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