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May. 11th, 2013
BBC HD and discrepancies?
May. 11th, 2013 05:17 pmComparing the ratings I got for Series 5 from the Barb website with the ratings I got from The wikipedia site I am coming up with differences due to the effects of "BBC HD"
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All of the values match except for series 5. I looked at the source from the wiki, and it cites back to the BARB site. But the discrepancy is that the bigger number from the website is obtained from the sum of "BBC1" and "BBC HD" ratings. Now I'm wondering: (1) when did BBC HD launch? (2) when did DW start getting broadcast in HD and (3) did they eventually consolidate the numbers back again? Or am I going to find BBC HD simulcast numbers for series 6 and 7 as well?
ETA: I just checked for 2011 and it only has a Tuesday repeat and the BBC1 airing. So I'm guessing then it was just split for series 5.
EATA: For anyone interested in munging around with this data, here are the two files I've made:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/71925398/format-DWratings.txt
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/71925398/format-ratings.txt
First is data on the 88 episodes from series 1 through series 7 "Journey to the Center of the TARDIS", with some covariates.
Second is the top 30 shows for each of the big channels for that week, based on the BARB top 30 numbers. Both files are pipe ("|") delimited. Date formats should match up.
You can apparently get all of the channels by top 10 list too. I didn't do that; only the top ones that were listed based on the BARB "Top 30" lists. These were: BBC1, BBC2, ITV, Channel 5, Channel 4, every week. But starting in 2008 they keep track of the top 30 shows from "Other" channels on the site, so you can bound the competitors ratings that aren't on this list with the lowest rating on that list.
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All of the values match except for series 5. I looked at the source from the wiki, and it cites back to the BARB site. But the discrepancy is that the bigger number from the website is obtained from the sum of "BBC1" and "BBC HD" ratings. Now I'm wondering: (1) when did BBC HD launch? (2) when did DW start getting broadcast in HD and (3) did they eventually consolidate the numbers back again? Or am I going to find BBC HD simulcast numbers for series 6 and 7 as well?
ETA: I just checked for 2011 and it only has a Tuesday repeat and the BBC1 airing. So I'm guessing then it was just split for series 5.
EATA: For anyone interested in munging around with this data, here are the two files I've made:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/71925398/format-DWratings.txt
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/71925398/format-ratings.txt
First is data on the 88 episodes from series 1 through series 7 "Journey to the Center of the TARDIS", with some covariates.
Second is the top 30 shows for each of the big channels for that week, based on the BARB top 30 numbers. Both files are pipe ("|") delimited. Date formats should match up.
You can apparently get all of the channels by top 10 list too. I didn't do that; only the top ones that were listed based on the BARB "Top 30" lists. These were: BBC1, BBC2, ITV, Channel 5, Channel 4, every week. But starting in 2008 they keep track of the top 30 shows from "Other" channels on the site, so you can bound the competitors ratings that aren't on this list with the lowest rating on that list.