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Alright, so I thought we could discuss a little bit about exactly how the hell TRPs are measured! Please do comment with your thoughts. So far, below is what I have found from a pretty quick google research (most of the websites reported the following method) -
"Television Rating Point (TRP) is a tool provided to judge which programmes are viewed the most. For calculation purpose, a device is attached to the TV set in a few thousand viewers houses for judging purpose. These numbers are treated as sample from the overall TV owners in different geographical and demographic sectors. The device is called as Peoples Meter. It records the time and the programme that a viewer watches on a particular day. Then, the average is taken for a 30-day period which gives the viewership status for a particular channel."
Since you cannot spy each and every household on what show they watch, this method makes sense to me.
And If this is the method being used currently then it can be manipulated very easily and I am damn sure this manipulation has been and will keep happening.
Therefore, from now on I will not blindly trust the TRPs that are released since we cannot validate them and I do not trust the authorities behind this calculation.
