Maybe someone can answer this?
I have a cable box, (verizon fios) but I never actually turn the box off so that whatever channel I am on when I turn the tv off ... that same channel is still on even if it’s not being watched.
Now, how is That figured into the viewer count?
No. To be honest only about 10,000 people are involved in the ratings system. If you are a Nielsen Family, you get free cable, a special box, but also a lot of work on what you watch every 15 minutes you have to write it down. It is a lot of work that I can’t imagine that anybody would ever want to do.