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According to press reports Ralph Bernard, founder of Classic FM and former chief executive at GCap Media, is returning to the radio industry.
There appears to be no immediate let-up in the difficult times for commercial stations, with September figures showing revenue intake falling across the board for the ninth month in succession.
Television revenue continues to fall, with all channels recording year on year percentage declines.
BBC1’s revamped consumer advice programme Watchdog pulled in a healthy audience of 4.6 million viewers last night. The show, featuring the return of previous host Anne Robinson, had a peak audience of 4.8 million, during the last fifteen minutes of broadcast.
The penultimate episode of BBC One’s police drama New Tricks won the 9pm ratings battle last night, beating its nearest challenger with over twice as many viewers.
Television revenue continues to fall, with all channels recording year on year percentage declines.
The downturn in television revenue continues, with all terrestrial channels recording double digit year on year percentage falls. The worst hit was the youngest terrestrial broadcaster Five, which dropped 23.5% on June 2008’s total to stand at £15.95 million.The next biggest fall was seen by network broadcaster ITV1, which slumped from £97.3 million last year… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – June 2009
The Susan Boyle inspired ratings success of Britain’s Got Talent (see 18.5m watch Britain’s Got Talent results show), wasn’t enough to arrest ITV’s continued downturn in revenue. Despite the programme attaining ratings of over 11 million viewers from the initial audition stage, the commercial network broadcaster recorded a 16.7% year on year fall in revenue… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – May 2009
The ongoing recession is still causing problems for the television market, with all stations recording year on year falls in their revenue totals. The worst hit was Five, with revenue down by 31.5% on April 2008.Following closely behind was Channel 4, with a fall of 25.3%. The broadcaster, which is trying to secure a tie-up… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – April 2009