It was a relatively stable period for the home interest sector, with newcomer Ikea Family Live recording the highest ABC, according to today’s consumer magazine concurrent release for the first half of 2007.Its nearest in-store competitor, Homebase Ideas, now sits at 417,505, following a decline of just over 6,500 copies, year on year, a fall… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2007: Home Interest Titles Hold Their Own In Troubled Mag Market

Heart 106.2 FM reclaimed its crown in the London Breakfast battle, overtaking 95.8 Capital Radio to scoop the top spot, with a rise in weekly reach of 6.6% year on year and almost 6% period on period, according to the latest data from RAJAR.Cheeky Jamie Theakston and bubbly Harriet Scott brought Heart 106.2 FM’s weekly… Continue reading Heart 106.2 FM Reclaims Breakfast Crown In London

It was a dismal picture for the teenage market, with large declines for most of the featured titles in the sector, according to the ABC January to June 2007 concurrent release.NatMags’ CosmoGIRL! closed in June (see NatMags To Close CosmoGIRL!) in order for the company to put more focus on Jellyfish (see NatMags Names Digital… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2007: Dismal Picture For Teen Market With Sugar Taking Top Spot From Bliss

Radio listening via platform (analogue and digital), announced for the first time since the introduction of new methodology in January 2007 (see New RAJAR Diary Survey To Deliver Results In August), reveals almost 13% of listening is now via a digital platform (DAB, DTV, internet) with digital listening hours for Q2, 2007 totalling 136 million… Continue reading New RAJAR Figures Reveal Almost 13% Of Listening Now Via Digital

Significant declines were evident for the women’s weekly, women’s monthly and the men’s lifestyle sectors, with top titles recording year on year downturns for the period January to June 2007, according to today’s ABC consumer magazine concurrent release.Top weekly Take A Break saw its circulation fall to just over one million following a year on… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2007 Round-Up: Women’s And Men’s Titles Record Significant Year On Year Circulation Declines

Griff Rhys Jones’ exploration of the mountains of Great Britain, which this week saw the comic roaming the Cairngorms and climbing Ben Nevis, gained an average adult audience not far off 4.7 million last night, winning the 9pm to 10pm slot for BBC One.The programme, with its mix of history and breathtaking vistas, gave the… Continue reading Mountain Towers Over 9pm Slot

GCap Media has joined the list of broadcasters axing premium-rate phone-in competitions for profit, after Icstis ruled that a competition run on its One Network stations earlier this year broke the regulator’s rules.Icstis has fined GCap £17,500 and issued a formal reprimand after ruling that the company’s ‘Secret Sounds’ competition contravened its rules.Listeners were asked… Continue reading GCap Joins C4 In Axing Profit-Making Phone-In Comps

Griff Rhys Jones’ new series, exploring the mountains of Great Britain, got off to a sizeable start on BBC One last night, gaining an average adult audience of more than 3.9 million.The popular personality pulled in an 18.6% viewing share for the channel as he explored the bleak and rugged beauty of the north west… Continue reading Mountain High For New BBC One Series

A repeat of BBC One’s cold case forensic drama, Waking The Dead, won the 9pm to 10pm timeslot last night, with more than 3.2 million adults on average tuning in to the show, giving the channel a 15.8% viewing share at the time.Meanwhile, a little short of three million on average tuned in to Big… Continue reading Waking The Dead Repeat Livens Up 9pm Timeslot

ITV1 was the only terrestrial channel to see a year on year rise in its viewing share in all homes for June, with Britain’s biggest commercial broadcaster up two percentage points.Channel 4 felt the greatest decline in its share, down two percentage points for the month, whilst BBC One, BBC Two and Five also fell.All… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – June 2007