Five was the only terrestrial channel to boost its weekly viewing share in all homes year on year in February, increasing its share to 5.5%.BBC Two and Channel 4 saw the biggest downturns in their share for the month, losing almost 1.5 percentage points each year on year, whilst BBC One kept its lead as… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – February 2008

January saw across the board declines for all the terrestrial channels, with Channel 4 and Five jointly recording the biggest year on year dips.Both stations fell by 6.6% compared to January 2007, to stand at £ 48.59 million and £ 19.34 million respectively. ITV1 had the next biggest year on year fall, down by 2%… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – January 2008

It was a depressing start of the year for the main terrestrial broadcasters, with all channels dropping viewing share in all homes year on year for January.Channel 4 saw the greatest decline, with share down 2.6 percentage points.BBC One saw the gap between itself and ITV1 narrowed, with BBC One now reporting a 21.7% share… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – January 2008

December was a very good month for the terrestrial channels, with only ITV1 recording a marginal year on year decrease of revenue intake.Across the whole ITV1 network revenue decreased by 0.9% compared to December 2006, to stand at a total of £109.9 million. With the recent return of News At Ten and the revamped weekday… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – December 2007

ITV1 was the only terrestrial channel to keep its viewing share static year on year in all homes for December, at 18.4%.BBC One retained its top position, with a 22.4% share for the month, despite a drop of 0.8 percentage points year on year.All other terrestrial channels lost share in all homes in the month,… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – December 2007

November saw across the board increases for all the terrestrial channels, with Five attaining the best year on year revenue total. Five saw its revenue increase by 13.3% on November 2006 to £29.8 million with the next best performance coming from breakfast station GMTV (up 13.1% to £6.7 million).Across the whole ITV1 network revenue posted… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – November 2007

2007 saw television’s dirty laundry hung out after numerous TV phone-in scandals, beginning with Channel 4’s behemoth reality franchise, Big Brother, being thrust into the spotlight following tens of thousands of complaints about racist abuse on Celebrity Big Brother (see Big Brother Racism Complaints Reach An Estimated 20,000).Carphone Warehouse pulled its sponsorship, and complaints soared… Continue reading End Of Year Round Up: Television

BBC One was the only terrestrial channel to enjoy an increase in viewing share in November 2007, while multichannel options were also up for the month.BBC One added 0.3 percentage points year on year to its total, while the largest drop was suffered by Channel 4, down 1.1 percentage points.All ViewingITV1’s viewing share fell to… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – November 2007

The European Parliament has approved plans to allow some product placement on TV and has also introduce rules on advertising in children’s programming.The new rules will see product placement allowed in a limited range of programmes, and then only under strict rules. It would be prohibited in news and current affairs programmes, children’s programmes, documentaries… Continue reading European Parliament Approves Plans For TV Product Placement

ITV1 was the only terrestrial channel to see an upturn in its viewing share in all homes for October 2007, largely bolstered by the Rugby World Cup, whilst multichannel options continued to increase their share.ITV1 added 0.6 percentage points to its total year on year, whilst Channel 4 recorded the largest slide, of 1.5 percentage… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – October 2007