TV ratings of the Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)

The ratings of SRF1 and SRF2 are published on http://www.srf.ch/medien/publikumszahlen/ as PDF files. This repository documents the rating in a csv file format.

The dataset has the following variables:

Beginn datetime: Beginning of the program / show
Ende datetime: End of the program / show
Dauer string: Duration of the program / show (e.g., "1h 15'")
Sendungstitel string: Title of the program / show
Untertitel string: Subtitle of the program / show (if any)
R_T_3+ integer: Rating in thousand (viewers older than 3 years old)
MA_3+ float: Market share of viewers older than 3 years old (in percent)
R_T_15_59 integer: Rating in thousand (viewers between 15 and 59 years)
MA_15_59 float: Market share of viewers between 15 and 59 years (in percent)
Sender string: Channel (e.g., "SRFzwei" or "SRF1")

The measurements of TV ratings in Switzerland are conducted by Mediapulse AG.

The Jupyter notebook in this repo documents how the data was scraped and wrangled.

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