Nielsen, TiVo Try Ratings Game. The famous TV ratings company links up with the real-time recorder to come up with a new way to measure a new audience. By Steve Friess. [Wired News]

No mention if it will log commercial skipping or not. Still, it's a good way to see what people are watching and when. While it is limited to only 20 families at the moment, I imagine that it could be rolled out quickly to all combo Nielsen/Tivo families if either party was interested.

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Open Source TV [Slashdot]

Robert X Cringely describes his plan for NerdTV. Pretty cool, he'll be shooting on some JVC PAL miniDV camcorders, with progressive scan CCDS. That streamlines the conversion process and saves on frames per second for when they go go stream it out.

Additionally, the show is coming out in three versions, Nerd, Suit, and Raw, allowing end users to choose which show they want to watch (This Program is rated N for Nerds, by the Open Source Broadcasting Network.)

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