PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Robert J. Kent TI - Second-by-Second Looks at the Television Commercial Audience AID - 10.2501/JAR-42-1-71-78 DP - 2002 Jan 01 TA - Journal of Advertising Research PG - 71--78 VI - 42 IP - 1 4099 - http://www.journalofadvertisingresearch.com/content/42/1/71.short 4100 - http://www.journalofadvertisingresearch.com/content/42/1/71.full SO - J Advert Res2002 Jan 01; 42 AB - Television audience measurement needs better technology, improved competition, larger samples, granular data by time, and a focus on commercial, not program, ratings. This paper shows how data from set-top boxes in digital cable television systems can address these needs.