Demonstration of Nielsen Instantaneous Audimeter for the Larkins

PART OF:
The photographic library of the 'Daily Herald' newspaper
Made:
27 February 1959 in London
Television Press Limited photograph titled 'Evolutionary Television Press Limited photograph titled 'Evolutionary

Television Press Limited photograph titled 'Evolutionary
Daily Herald/Science Museum
© Mirrorpix

Television Press Limited photograph titled 'Evolutionary
Daily Herald/Science Museum
© Mirrorpix

Television Press Limited photograph titled 'Evolutionary development in audience research'. Image shows Bill Harris explaining to the Larkins (David Kossoff, Ronan O'Casey, and Ruth Trouncer) the central control panel of his revolutionary Neilsen Instantaneous Audimeter. The device measured audience engagement from individual television sets in people's houses. 'At present it takes 10 days to work out the number of people viewing a television programme. Soon it will take only 10 minutes'.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Daily Herald Archive
Object Number:
1983-5236/30354
Materials:
paper (fibre product) and ink
Measurements:
overall: 210 mm x 253 mm
type:
photograph