--- Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > At 5:48 AM -0800 2/10/08, Dan wrote: > >It seems that when Monday Night Football moved from > >ABC to ESPN, the ratings dropped by considerably > more > >than the 15% expected from losing OTA viewers. I > >wonder why. Do OTA viewers contribute > >disproportionately to ratings? (OTA viewers > probably > >watch less TV, but they have fewer choices when > they > >do watch). > > Not true. It took a few weeks, but the ratings are > exactly where one > would expect. That is, down about 15% due to the > loss of OTA homes. Thanks for the correction. The initial larger drop was probably just temporary viewer confusion. Dan ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.