SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DETERMINE EXPECTED VIEWERSHIP OF FUTURE TELEVISION BROADCASTS USING RECORDING TIMER DATA

摘要

Systems, devices and methods are described to predict the viewership of a television broadcast before the broadcast occurs. Viewers select future broadcasts to record on a digital or other personal video recorder (DVR/PVR), or on any sort of remote storage video recorder (RSDVR). Data describing recordings selected by multiple viewers is provided to a data processing system that determines an expected program viewership based upon the received data.