Download or read book Television Audiences Across the World written by J. Bourdon and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-01-24 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first to deal with the world composition of television ratings. It focuses on the peoplemeter, a 25 year old technology which succeeds in homogenizing very different populations and television practices. It provides a fascinating account of the production of figures on which the whole world of popular culture depends.