Author Topic: I don't know which is scarier ... (Read 338 times)

gofaster · « **on:** February 03, 2004, 11:07:06 AM »

... the fact that so many people wanted to see Janet Jackson get her top ripped off, or that Tivo is watching its customers.

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TiVo Users Couldn't Get Enough of Janet Jackson

By Paul Bond

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - When Justin Timberlake tore at Janet Jackson's leather outfit during Sunday's Super Bowl half-time show, TiVo users took notice.

Then they took notice again and again, using the digital video recorder to replay the event and to pause at the crucial moment in order to discern just what it was that Jackson had revealed to millions of Americans.

TiVo said that particular halftime stunt was the most replayed moment not only of the Super Bowl but of all TV moments that the young company has ever measured.

TiVo said it used its technology to measure audience behavior among 20,000 users during the Super Bowl. The exercise revealed a 180% spike in viewership at the time of the -- as Timberlake refers to it -- "wardrobe malfunction."

One notable TiVo user apparently unimpressed with the performance of Timberlake and Jackson was FCC chairman Michael Powell, who launched an investigation into the bare-breasted matter. Powell is so taken with TiVo that he once referred to it as "God's machine."

This marks the third year that TiVo has released details of its second-by-second review of how Super Bowl viewers used their TiVo units. Not only did users pause and replay the infamous portion of the halftime show more than any moment during the game, but they also did the same for some commercials.

TiVo's top two commercials, based on user behavior, are both from Bud Light: a romantic sleigh ride interrupted by a flatulent horse and a sharp-toothed dog demonstrating his unusual way of scoring a beer for his master.

Toad · « **Reply #1 on:** February 03, 2004, 11:10:00 AM »

Big Tivo is watching!

Gunslinger · « **Reply #2 on:** February 03, 2004, 11:44:58 AM »

If you read it, it says 20,000 users sampled...dont know for sure but I hope they recieved permission to perform the sampleing

Maniac · « **Reply #3 on:** February 03, 2004, 11:52:02 AM »

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... the fact that so many people wanted to see Janet Jackson get her top ripped off, or that Tivo is watching its customers.

LOOOOL!!!!!

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If you read it, it says 20,000 users sampled...dont know for sure but I hope they recieved permission to perform the sampleing

LOOOOL!!!! X 2

Fools, welcome to yesterday, you dont think that your regular TV companys does this? been used for years over here to determine wich shows are the most popular etc...

EVERY TV company has the means to do this......

Gunslinger · « **Reply #4 on:** February 03, 2004, 11:56:42 AM »

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EVERY TV company has the means to do this......

so does every phone, cable, ISP, stores, credit card companys. Everyone has the ability to track their customers patterns for marketing purposes. What makes it ileagal is if they were to release this information without the consent of their customers. IE names phone numbers SSNs. Call me a fool mr. king of the obvious.

kappa · « **Reply #5 on:** February 03, 2004, 12:16:20 PM »

Lmao "wardrobe malfunction."

Maniac · « **Reply #6 on:** February 03, 2004, 12:18:12 PM »

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Lmao "wardrobe malfunction."

Janet has come out and said today that it was intentional...

That does make Justin look like a fool lol!

SirLoin · « **Reply #7 on:** February 03, 2004, 12:29:36 PM »

Poor Justin..I remember at Sar'sStock in Toronto last summer how not only was Justin booed off the stage but had to duck water bottles (filled with urine) thrown at him from the crowd.Him and Lance Bass on next shuttle flight please.

Saurdaukar · « **Reply #8 on:** February 03, 2004, 12:51:50 PM »

There were pre-filled bottles of Urinade (its how Gatorade does urine) brought to a Justin Timberlake concert?

I only ask because I cant seem to picture multiple paying concert goers all having the same thought:

"Hey, Im going to pee in my bottle of water and throw it on stage."

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #9 on:** February 03, 2004, 02:00:46 PM »

Cable broadcasts all the channels at the same time over different frequencies. Unless they have something installed, they can't tell which one you are watching.

They normally do phone polling to find out what you are watching.

gofaster · « **Reply #10 on:** February 03, 2004, 03:01:22 PM »

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Originally posted by Maniac
Fools, welcome to yesterday, you dont think that your regular TV companys does this? been used for years over here to determine wich shows are the most popular etc...

EVERY TV company has the means to do this......

Not really. Nielsen used to do it via a box installed on the tv to record what channel the tv was tuned to when the tv was on. Of course, this assumed that the people were actually watching the tv. There were reports of folks just leaving the tv on so that the box would record the show being watched even though nobody was watching it, simply because the people thought the program was something that deserved to be included in the count.