Nielsens issue first DVR list
‘As if to certify that time-shifted TV viewing had attained techno-cultural significance, it’s now the subject of a year-end top 10 list, as the Nielsen Co. has issued a ranking of the programs that saw the biggest increases in DVR use in 2008.
Cable skeins were much more in evidence in a second list that ranked shows in order of the percentage increase attributable to time-shifted viewing. There, Sci Fi’s “Battlestar Galactica” came out on top, notching a whopping 53% jump in households. ‘
SEE?! People are watching BSG! They just aren’t watching it when it airs….
