Coming straight from the Cold Feet stable of ‘I can’t believe this is on ITV’, new eight-part drama series Broadchurch proved to be somewhat of a ratings smash for the commercial broadcaster.
The return Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, after a four year absence, proved that the pint sized Geordies are still the nation’s favourite light entertainment presenters.
Commercial terrestrial television channels have largely seen a strong performance in their network advertising revenues for the period January 2012 – 13. Only Channel 4 saw a drop in revenues from January 2012, down -17.3% – while Channel 5 was up more than 20%.
Miranda Hart is the star of the month with both of her BBC One shows pulling in over 10 million viewers each.
Commercial terrestrial television channels have seen some mixed fortunes in their network advertising revenues for the period December 2011 – 12. Channel 5 saw the biggest drop, down a substantial 14.9%, followed by Channel 4, down -7.2%.
The BBC has an excellent Christmas with Doctor Who, Miranda and Strictly Come Dancing dominating the festive TV battles.
Commercial terrestrial television channels have seen their advertising revenues continue to decline year-on-year with new data showing another fall for the period November 2011 – 12.
The return of the reality show juggernaut I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! brought some much needed ratings cheer for ITV1 last month.
Commercial terrestrial television channels have seen their advertising revenues continue to decline with new data showing another fall in network revenues.
A pretty unspectacular month sees the top programme chart dominated by news programmes. The fallout from BBC Two’s Newsnight problems saw a big rating for a special version of BBC One’s current affairs programme Panorama.