October was a bad month all round, with across the board falls in revenue intake. Worst hit was Channel 4, which saw its revenue fall by 12.1% year on year to stand at £55.17 million.The next biggest fall was seen by the ITV1 Network, which went down to £118.7 million (10.3% on last year’s figures).… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – October 2008

September was a bad month all round, with across the board falls in revenue intake. Worst hit was ITV1 network, which saw its revenue fall by 21.8% year on year to stand at £106.39 million.The next biggest fall was seen by Channel 4, down to £ 54.51 million (20% on last year’s figures).Five saw its… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – September 2008

August was a similar month to July in the TV market, however, GMTV managed to improve its year on year revenue total among terrestrial channels. The ITV1 breakfast station posted a revenue increase of 4.3% compared to August 2007.The biggest year on year decline came from ITV1 network, with revenues dipping by 6.8% to stand… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – August 2008

July was another tough month revenue wise for the terrestrial stations, with only GMTV bucking the downward trend year on year. The ITV1 breakfast station managed to achieve a 14.6% increase of revenue, compared to July 2007.The biggest year on year fall came from ITV1 network, with revenues dipping by 6.2% to stand at £88.18… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – July 2008

June was a terrible month for all terrestrial stations, with year on year revenue falls seen amongst all stations. The failure of England to qualify for Euro 2008 had been predicted to impact on ITV1’s revenue, and that proved to be the case, with the network recording a year on year decline of 1.8% on… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – June 2008

BBC1’s police drama series New Tricks continues to prove very popular with viewers.Last night’s episode, which featured the team reopening the case of a murdered actor, pulled in Monday night’s highest ratings with 7.9 million adults (average viewing share of 37.3%). This comfortably beat ITV1’s latest edition of Police, Camera, Action!, which was only watched… Continue reading New Tricks Keeps Hold Of Viewers

BBC1’s George Gently failed to get the better of ITV1’s Midsomer Murders, in the battle of Sunday night drama. Postponed from last week due to the epic conclusion of the men’s final at Wimbledon, the Martin Shaw programme pulled in 4.2 million adult viewers. Over on ITV1 Midsomer Murder attracted over 2 million more viewers,… Continue reading Viewers Prefer Murder To Gentle Offerings

May was a tough month for all terrestrial stations, with year on year revenue falls seen amongst all stations. The biggest hit was seen by Channel 4, which fell by 6.9% on May 2007’s revenue total.Despite the extended ratings success of Britain’s Got Talent, ITV1 revenue fell by 3.2% year on year to stand at… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – May 2008

Italian football fans might not have enjoyed watching, but over 5 million adult viewers tuned in to see the Euro 2008 match between Holland and Italy last night.The 3-0 win recorded by the Dutch was seen by an average of 5.2 million, with viewing peaking at 6.7 million for the last fifteen minutes of the… Continue reading Over 5m See Dutch Hammer Italians

The opening games of Euro 2008 got off to a good, if not spectacular, start for the big two terrestrial channels.BBC One’s coverage of the opening ceremony – and the first tournament match between Switzerland and Czech Republic – attracted an average of just under 3.3 million adults (with a 27.9% share of viewing).This proved… Continue reading Respectable Viewing Figures For England-less Euro 2008