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Average weekly time spent with TV news in U.S. set meter markets 2017, by source
Average weekly time spent watching TV news per person in selected set meter markets in the United States as of 1st quarter 2017, by source (in minutes)
by Amy Watson,
last edited
Oct 25, 2018
The graph shows the average weekly time spent watching TV news per person in selected set meter markets in the United States as of the first quarter of 2017, by source. It was found, that Nashville was the leading set meter market in terms of TV news consumption, as the average weekly per person news minutes in the city amounted to 603 (10 hours and 3 minutes) in the measured period. Out of this, 219 news minutes were attributed to local TV news.
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by Amy Watson,
last edited
Oct 25, 2018
The graph shows the average weekly time spent watching TV news per person in selected set meter markets in the United States as of the first quarter of 2017, by source. It was found, that Nashville was the leading set meter market in terms of TV news consumption, as the average weekly per person news minutes in the city amounted to 603 (10 hours and 3 minutes) in the measured period. Out of this, 219 news minutes were attributed to local TV news.
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- September 2017
- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- Q1 2017
- Age group
- 18 years and older
- Special properties
- based on Set Meter markets population
- Supplementary notes
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Figures were converted to minutes.
The source provides the following information on the methodology: "Set Metered Markets: Set Meter Markets utilize meters to collect the set tuning data, i.e., what is being watch 365 days a year. Viewership within those homes is then married through “viewer assignment” to national and local people meter homes in the same time zone to impute demographics. Demographics are available for all 12 measurement periods. "
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- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- Q1 2017
- Age group
- 18 years and older
- Special properties
- based on Set Meter markets population
- Supplementary notes
-
Figures were converted to minutes.
The source provides the following information on the methodology: "Set Metered Markets: Set Meter Markets utilize meters to collect the set tuning data, i.e., what is being watch 365 days a year. Viewership within those homes is then married through “viewer assignment” to national and local people meter homes in the same time zone to impute demographics. Demographics are available for all 12 measurement periods. "
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